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Originally posted by red-beard
It is immoral to _FORCE_ me to give money to someone less well off. If I decide to do so, that is then my choice. But here and now, I do not have a choice. I am threatened with fine and imprisonment if I do not fork over.
Supe, pay what you want. Don't force me to go along with your socialist dreams.
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Another not-so-clever dodge. Charity is a private matter, blah, blah, blah. That doesn't fly. Here's why:
We are making a decision. A decision whether to take care of these unfortunate people. I presume you are a voter. When you get a chance to either
1) cast a vote to fund an effective program to help underpriveleged people or
2) case a vote to deny that program and save your selfish ass some precious bit of your income.....
what do you vote. Voting #2 while chanting the mantra of "charity is a private matter" does not fool the smart people you know. You're still denying the program. You're still part of America that says "No, we will NOT take care of these people. If they are to survive, they will either have to work.....or live off someone's charity that does not use my tax money.
We can make these decisions as a society, and in fact we DO make them. You are, I suspect, one of the folks who would like to turn this country into a country that does NOTHING for its less priveleged. Again, the ol' "Private charities will take care of them and I support those charities" dodge is crap. I don't buy it, and it's still a decision to be a selfish society. A selfish country.