Gee, what a contrast. First we have Bush saying that there will be no tax increases to pay the $200+ billion for hurricane relief. He said it's going to cost a lot of money and that, despite absolutely no authority from the Constitution, he's willing to force YOU to pay for that recovery.
He said he's not going to take money from working Americans. I guess he's just going to steal it from another country, then? Where else is he going to get it? Even if he doesn't increase taxes, we're STILL paying for it. He claims he's going to reduce spending -- I sure hope he does -- Washington has done nothing but INCREASE spending for years. I'm not holding my breath.
He has said that he will reduce pork spending in order to "help" evacuees (since according to the co-Kings of The Blacks, Jesse and Louis, we can't call them refugees). One way to help was to give them $2,000 debit cards. The government canceled those, then decided to give them $5,000 "accounts."
Then we have this (H/T to NIF). Apparently some of those people that are in "dire straits" and "need our help" at gunpoint are using the cash they get to buy beer in strip clubs (at $1.75 each).
Are they gouging the customers? Is $1.75 "too much" to charge for beer? Since *I* am paying for those beers, don't I have a right to set the price of the beers? And how much are they paying for lap dances? If government (ME) is paying, I have a right to know if they're getting their money's worth, don't I?
I've mentioned it before -- this is very, very wrong. This is the sort of thing when happens when government gets involved. Now don't start saying things about "a few bad apples-" it doesn't matter if 1% of the people who got money did this -- it shows the money was wasted.
The United States Government does NOT have the power to TAKE money from me and GIVE it to someone else they like more. It's WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! There's NO WAY you can convince me, especially with examples like this, that there's ANY good going on here.
If government got the hell out of the way, these people WOULD be helped! How I yearn for freedom -- freedom FROM government. Anyone want to form a Constitutional Republic with me? I already know a really good way to set up a government that would work very well...
That's what I like about you, you are 150% right about that. I am joining the Constitution Party because they at least understand the concept of what the Constitution says. Believe me I feel badly for those people along the Gulf Coast, but charity is for the individual to undertake not the Federal Government to give Public Money away.
I want these people to use the bulk of this extra money to get their lives back together. But I honestly don't mind if they use a little of it to "play" with. After all they've been through, you'd think they'd need to party and wind down a bit. I would.
Thanks, David! Perhaps in Texas, they allow that. Here in North Carolina, the Constitution Party is banned from participating in elections. Why? Because the Democrats don't want any competition, that's why.
And ticklebug, here's my problem: Fine, YOU want to buy those folks beer. That's fine, you buy them beer. *I* don't want to, and I shouldn't be forced at gunpoint (which I AM, via taxes) to buy them that beer.
How about this: I want a beer. You MUST buy me one, or you have to go to jail. Is that wrong?
Typical ticklebug comment. Make liberal excuses. When you are in dire straits and living on someone else's dime, you suck it up and make the most efficient use of the resources GIVEN to you. To do otherwise is being an ungrateful sack of crap.
Oh, you don't suppose that's why they were living such crappy lives to begin with, do ya?
Please.
http://csc5502dsays.typepad.com/my_weblog/
I just want to see where the line is -- ticklebug wants to pay to buy those people a beer -- so I want to know if I get one, too. If not, why not? What if I lose my job? I was in a car accident, will ticklebug pay for my beer now?
You may be interested in my series of posts on the differences between voluntary charity and government welfare, the last (so far) of which is here: http://hamstermotor.motime.com/post/494870
guess taxpayers can't control what have become of the money they give..makes me thing that today governing systems need to a total makeover.
Let's make it more like a corporation, with taxpayers as the shareholders..
Eko, how about we make it like the Constitution designed it -- limited government, small with limited federal powers and the states and the people retaining all the rights instead of the other way around?
If that's the case then, no money should be given to these people at all considering the fact that we can't control how they use it.
Let 'em die, I say!
Well, if you want them to die, I suppose you're entitled to your opinion. Sounds like a horrible way to view life, but hey, it's a free country.