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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I also think the Federal government has gotten involved in more areas than it should be in, like education.
I think we have to look at history. Many of the things the federal government has assumed responsibility for, were handled in the past without government involvment. In my view government involvment does not always mean improvement.
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I assume you wrote this BEFORE seeing that FEMA, at the urging of politicians fretting over their re-election prospects, gave away over a BILLION dollars to fraudsters. For, among other things, tattoos, a sex change, a $200 bottle of Dom Perignon at Hooters, bail, and $150 worth of products at Condoms To Go.
Points I think can not be seriously argued re the above:
1. It was the urging of our elected officials that created the mad rush to throw money around, not the incompetency of FEMA.
2. If elected officials did not think they had the right to redistribute wealth, such fiascos would be rare to nonexistent.
3. Whenever a government giveaway program exists, fraud such as this will occur again.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Personal attacks, how creative.
Perhaps you are correct and I don't understand the "spin". I present facts in the OP, you present a letter from "The Average American", I respond to "The Average American", and now you speak for yourself and your self alone. Yes, this is difficult for my "myoptic" mind. Or, maybe rather than being "myotic", I simply live on the sunny side of the street.  |
I believe the person you are responding to is somewhere between the ages of 20 and 22. It is hard for me to subscribe to his philosophy, i.e. by now, other people's money should have provided much loftier circumstances than he presently enjoys.
I realize that my response involves personal information; it will be interesting to see if it is regarded as a personal attack, when the statements you referenced were not.