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Originally Posted by pornclerk
You should see the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness."
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Actually I heard the story back in middle school in 1994, before it was made into a book / movie. Unfortunately, at that point, it was being used as justification (by teachers, to students) for an expanded welfare program even though Gardner was NOT a welfare recipient. I pride my politically-motivated public school teachers for pushing me towards libertarianism with their arguments that didn't even make sense to a middle schooler.
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Originally Posted by lurkette
I think this has been pretty well addressed by posts above. You might think they're cheaper, but you're wrong.
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There are cheaper, healthier, alternatives to fast food. They may require a little preparation (cooking a ham, slicing it up and saving it for sandwiches for instance) but they ARE cheaper and healthier than a Big Mac.
Any time that you look for convenience you will be sacrificing something for it. This is true of anything. Use an ATM? You sacrifice practically all customer service you would receive if you went into a bank and spoke with a bank teller. Buy pre-sliced, pre-cooked sandwich meat? You are sacrificing some healthiness thanks to preservatives and such in exchange for being able to take it right out of the package.
Anyone who understands that "nothing is free" will comprehend this trade-off. Unfortunately Welfare-State programs reduce our most-poor to a state in which they expect things for free, and feel they are entitled to them. Therefore, they do not understand the notion of trade-offs, of positive and negatives, of working to better themselves physically and economically.
