my mother raised her 2 children, alone, on less then $20,000 a year. there is nothing fun about being poor and everyone poor wants out.

there are lazy poor and lazy rich (who were lucky to get rich parents). certain poor wont admit it, but getting a handout is the incentive NOT to work. the others who wont admit it are just naive.

there are people who would fix the nation's problems by leveling the playing field. create a system where everyone has the same amount of property and benefits. "if we both have the same assets and lifestyle, i can't be mad or envious at you; and that must be equality!"

this concept is called socialism and it has been tried and failed. and it will always fail. because it drags the common man down to each other's mean lifestyle. and it raises the ruling class lifestyle tremendously because they do not have the competition of the hard working, ingenious common man who is smart and passionate about building a better life, brick by fucking brick.

YOU CANNOT GRANT A GOVERNMENT THE SIZE AND POWER THEY NEED TO CARE FOR IT'S CITIZENS FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE. they will abuse the power! history proves it! read the history books you naive fools!

to imagine, "in a perfect world we'll all have great medical care, paid for by our limited government" is on par with saying "in a perfect world, everyone stays trim and fit and sexy and eats whatever they want!" neither of these worlds is based in reality.

if you want a big government program like socialized medicine for all, it requires big government intrusion into your life. soon, your diet and exercise will be mandated by the government- why not, they have to pay for us all!

if you want limited government where you can live anonymously enjoying your free life, you have to anti-up some responsibility to find a way to take care of yourself.

i personally prefer the latter. but i have no delusions that others feel differently. but just look at what a big (and growing) government today can get away with. i think i've made my point.