You realize that redistribution of wealth is unethical don't you?
no only is it unethical, but its cancerous to the advancement of society. without the ability to keep the fruits of your labor, innovation and creativity will die. people advance by reward and socialism/marxism in todays economy is contrary to that.
Why don't conservatives realize that rags-to-riches stories are outliers?
Utter nonsense! 2 people in my immediate family have made the move from rags to riches. Another in-law has too. Sure, that fellow in Compton growing up in a family of drug dealers has a hard road, but then again, that's not exactly your average family either! And that kid in Compton goes to a public school, just like I and my rags to riches family did. The difference is, my parents were good people, who demanded we do good. He also undoubtedly gets school breakfast and school lunch too. He probably was eligible for Head Start.
Generally, liberals believe that people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control (economics, he?
Generally, liberals believe that people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control (economics, health, society, family background), while conservatives believe people are poor because of their own individual failures (laziness, lack of character, decision not to study or pursue higher education (or lack of the discipline to do so)). What do you believe? What steps would you propose to reduce poverty, on the basis of what you think causes it? What should America do about the high school dropout problem and the low grades and scores of particularly minority students-how does the country solve this?
Do republicans not care about the poor?
I'm not pointing fingers, but I feel like this is a really common characteristic of the wealthy Republicans. What if a person is totally disabled or is too old to get a job anywhere? My question is why are Republicans so against the poor having food stamps, Medicaid/Medicare, disability money, etc..? It's not far as much as the rich make, but it is a little something to help them survive. And I don't even feel the poor is the reason this country is in recession except for the fact that there are a lot of illegal immigrants living off of freebies. So despite that, Republicans, what do you wish should happen to the poor Americans if we end up having a Republican president next? Should the poor die because they're unable to provide for themselves and their families? And the disabled, the old? Please don't say anything if you're going to ask, "Oh well why should we have to be the ones to provide for the poor?" Because my answer will be, why not? Why so blood thirsty from greed?
Why won't Democrats and liberals just admit to being socialists?
It is just jaw-droppingly ironic that modern day Democrats don't realize they and their party are NOTHING like they were 40 years ago when they were promoting new, fresh ideas and a positive outlook. Nowadays, they don't support the working man but the work-adverse man; they don't want to help the poor but enslave him in a never-ending cycle of poverty and dependence. But these people don't realize they aren't the party of JFK anymore. Heck, if a politician had the audacity to say, "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country", these entitlement-crazed Libbys would boo him off the stage! Admit it Libbys, it's true. The majority of present-day Democrats don't know what they are. They don't understand the issues, can't even identify the major politicians that shape our government (see video below), and have no cohesive philosophy. So many Democrats, principally the self-professed ultra liberal ones, don't even understand the definition of the terms they are dealing with. For example, if someone is touting a new government program, all they have to do to lure the clueless, hapless Liberal is to present the idea as being the fulfillment of social justice, that it is a program of generosity. Libs eat this stuff up, but they don't realize what is being put before them is pure Socialism. Soviet dictator Khrushchev once observed: "We can't expect the American people to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism." Another socialist realized how easily you can dupe modern-day Libbys. Here is what he said: "The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." - Norman Thomas Message to Liberals: mirror, anyone?
Why don't people realise that Socialism is really "institutionionalized envy"?
Why don't those who support Obama understand that his socialist policies of "spread the wealth around" is the same thing as Socialism's cornerstone tenet of "redistribution of wealth"??? HOW can those of us who understand the truth of how Socialism is rooted in resentment and envy teach others - quickly, on a massive scale that will SAVE America from becoming USSA ( United Socialist States of America) - under a "President Obama"??? I am by no means rich or even moderately well - off. But I don't hate or resent the riich for being rich - nor do I seek to have politicians institute legal means of taking thier money. What happened to the liberal ideal of live and let live?