... but who did he vote for in the last 3 elections?
Another thing to note is that entitlements become generational. The brood moms of today are raising the next generation of takers; likely just as they themselves were raised.
He better be careful making his thoughts publicly known. We all know it his duty to be as productive as he possibly can be...
From each according to his ABILITY, to each according to his need.
Wrong.
Article can't even get the important facts correct, so I stopped reading.
The question is not “why work?”, it’s “why work ‘on the grid’?”
I heard a guy on a Boston talk radio show the other day.
The man is a contractor, and he got fed up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes. He started to do some business under the table, for cash. I’m assuming he doesn’t declare that income. It was his way of rebelling. If he gets caught, then he has another set of problems.
Sounds like he made a rational choice. I may disagree with him, but I can see why he did that.
“When government (elected officials) gets too big, to solve the problems it alone creates...Time to clean house, fire them ALL...” ~ Stevie-D (2010)
The problem is that both sides of the political equation are benefitting from the ignorance and political apathy of the voting public, or lack thereof...
But hey, what do I know...
I recently turned down a job opportunity that would have been a promotion and more $ - turned out when I did the math I would have lost money (not a tax issue - I don’t play in that league - higher cost insurance was the main culprit). People will do what is best for themselves and their families.