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I am not an economics guy but if memory serves me...for an ideal capatalistic society to work it requires an unemployment rate of ~ 4%. Some people are just not going to work and what are we to do with those people? Welfare not the answer? Maybe they will make a living by selling stolen items...from your house. Whatever puts food on the table, at least they are working for it, right? Maybe they should just go and get a job...making $7 an hour. That wage goes a long way to raising a family and don't forget to factor in the cost of childcare. What do you mean they don't have childcare at night or in the evenings. Oh maybe they shouldn't have children you say. Who should enforce that form of birth control? The government?
Oh, if the bottom 50% actually voted maybe you would be on to something...it would be fool proof then. Isn't the reason that some people in the government work hard to keep big business out of politics is because big business runs the government?
I'm not in the top 1% and I pay my taxes. If the welfare system allows a single mother to stay home and raise her kids and that keeps them out of trouble I am for it. I will not be jumping up and down with excitment to pay those taxes but I do it. If Dr. Laura has a problem paying her taxes or Oprah or Halburton Execs...I don't care.
Chris in Denver
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