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Originally Posted by Willravel
Ever hear of the Human Genome Project? Or the CDC? Maybe you've used this "internet" thing (which was invented by the Defense Department)? How about employee rights, do you like not being exploited by your bosses? Maybe you'd like the lead put back into your gasoline, the CFC's back in your aerosal and the DDT and PCBs in your food? Oh, and of course there's public police and fire protection, public libraries, and the military.
I could probably name hundreds if not thousands of things like this. I could list them until I'm blue in the face, without even cheating and linking you to tons of websites.
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I'm talking about what I think of as "handout agencies". Food stamps, projects, that sort of thing. You ever been to the projects, Will? Try some of that good ol gov't cheese - every day. Make something with it. It's like bad cheddar mixed with velveta. The almond butter was fantastic, too.
I fear the country will be one big charity hospital. Ever been to one with a broken bone? You get to sit for a couple of hours and bleed while several illegals in front of you complain about having a cold or are there with 5 kids because one of them has a simple salmonella/food poisoning incident. You don't get to jump ahead in line unless you have a coronary on the floor, but as we've seen in the news, sometimes even then you get to die alone.
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And old people often hang on to medicare because usually it's about all they've got left, aside from their kids chipping in. You should hear my mom. She's scared shitless that the gov't is going to leave the aging baby boomers out in the cold.