so you don't want the poor to have good jobs and actually earn money to take care of their family? you don't want the people who want to help the poor to be able to do so? you would rather have government programs waste money that could be used to help people that are poor? i see who your idol is, he's holding a hammer and sickle in each hand and he wants everyone to worship the government.
that socialized pandering piece of crap law was nothing but an obstacle to the many state and private programs that are already being developed.
anyway, those who wouldn't give a cent are entitled to do so, med. that's what you don't get. forcing people to give money away is theft.
here's another fact for you: government is not supposed to be there for people, people are supposed to be there for people. you have been assimilated by the borg. i want to help the poor, get the government out of the way!
as a society we owe dignity to those who are poor because of circumstances beyond their control. you can't put a dollar amount on that but it would consist of allowing private charities more room to assist the people that need help. there are so many hoops and hassles created by our gargantuan federal government that it's hard to help them.
we all witnessed the fiasco in the news not long ago when it literally took an act of congress to let a charity give money to the widows of dead miners. how sad that really is, and just think of the damage that event did to all private charities.
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