I’ve been paying taxes since I was 16, or earlier. I was drafted and served.
I’m now 66, still working and paying taxes, and to hell with anybody that challenges my participation in the rights, responsibilities and benefits of my country.
Any blanket condemnation or classification into just two camps, those who get no benefits (now) and those who do, is a gross oversimplification.
“Any blanket condemnation or classification into just two camps, those who get no benefits (now) and those who do, is a gross oversimplification.”
We’re focused strictly on the budget issue - money in, money out.
People currently taking money out of the system are outnumbering people currently putting money into the system by a rapidly growing margin.
America will therefore never go back to small government or even fiscal responsibility - as the comments from Freepers themselves vividly demonstrate, the system will not be reformed. It will continue to expand, inflate and confiscate until it collapses and fails.
End of story. Enjoy your benefits.
DeTocqueville: “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”