Family Free-Riders (Childless adults are economic free riders)

Chicago Boyz ^ | March 03, 2006 | Shannon Love

[Scourge of God]

Yes, producers are consumers and consumers are producers. It is up to the individuals to ensure they acquire the talents that are in demand, it is not the responsibility of "society at large."

American does not guarantee success, but it does guarantee opportunity. Education benefits the entire country, but no one should be forced to get educated. Thus, governments do have an obligation to make education available. There is no doubt about this point.

If you believe that to be the case, then the next step of assigning folks to certain fields through the use of government force is just as worthy of support.

That’s an amazing feat of mental gymnastics to claim that I support forced anything.

The rest of your post misses a very distinct difference. I am not anti school, I am not anti children and I am not anti family. I am against the Federal government's role in these things today. The involvement of the government is nothing but legalized theft to fund an inefficient system to meet the needs of our economy.

I’m 100% behind the idea that state and local government should be responsible for education. The federal government should have a small to no role in this. In the ideal world.

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The concept of individual responsibility and market responses would have our country in a much better place today than either public education or SS.

No, I don’t think so. These concepts are not exclusionary of each other. Responsibility and the market lead the way. But as a country we could not ever even think of abandoning public education. That’s sure to lead to disaster.

[Fintan]

Great! When can I expect a check for all the property taxes I paid to school YOUR children?

 

DITTO THAT.

[Scourge of God]

Get a womb.


;-)

LOL! 9/10. You lose a point for the smiley.

[Dashing Dasher]

Sorry - I wasn't thinking.


;-#

[Hoodlum91]

This is pretty funny....It's like the energizer bunny.

[Dashing Dasher]

[Tijeras_Slim]

What's more fun than a rental truck full of Scott Peterson Impersonators? The FREE-RIDER thread! It's Sancti-moni-licious!

[Allegra]

COOL! We have a logo now.

Let's get T-shirts printed up.

Woooohoooo!

[Allegra]

We're on DAY 5 of this thing, by the way.

Who would have guessed this thread would have such a shelf-life? LOL

[Tijeras_Slim]

I ain't lettin' it go until it's bigger than ALL YOUR BASE!

[RockinRight]

Remote Linking Forbidden?

What kind of logo is that?

;-)

[Allegra]

I ain't lettin' it go until it's bigger than ALL YOUR BASE!

I bet it won't be long before we get it into four figures.

Maybe the Undead Thread folks might want this one for their undead thread next month. It certainly has the potential.

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

I'll bring it to sionnsar's attention! He's the Keeper Of The Spawn.

I seldom laugh before I've had my cocoa in the mornings, but this one did it for me! LOL! Thanks!

:o]

[Tijeras_Slim]

GRRRRRR.... I hate it when I get caught stealing bandwidth!

[Scourge of God]

Bump! Let's reach 1k!

[Dashing Dasher]

You're a FReeloader, I'm a FReeloader!


~~~Sweet~~~

[RadioAstronomer]

The childless shouldn't be allowed to vote. They have little interest in the future of the nation.

Really?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Q: What do FREERIDERS do on the weekend?


A: Anything they want!


BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Allegra]

Q: What does a FREERIDER do after work every day?

A: Relax!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Hoodlum91]

Still alive!

Can we FREERIDERS have a theme song? I'm in the mood to sing today....