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Kens touché much!
it’s a cultural divide that can’t be bridged without living it. what Kens said is very true from a hungry-for-better-living immigrants who have that mindset since the day they arrived in this country. Not every immigrant has that mindset or the conviction to go make it happen. But for the ones with that mindset, it’s very tough for them to see or accept how someone can’t make life better than be at mercy of material assistance from govt or private entities. We simply see too many oppties and not big enough obstacles to prevent us from making life pretty good in this country.
not saying this view can be transplanted to folks here in poor condition or if it’s the right view for them but this is simply the view for many of us immigrants who have very little at our home countries and are amazed at the oppties here.
Kens, fyi, your last rant got post #600.
Kens- touchy much?
Posted by: bxgrl at October 8, 2009 4:38 PM
Ha ha. Pot. Kettle. Black.
600?
brxgrl,
touche.
the thuggish and opportunist are on top in many ways today, but as it stands, every single one of us still has a shot at achieving something or nothing if that is the goal.
What I’m basically saying is that a dependent population is a complacent and subservient and doomed population.
what government expansion offers is all the free cheese you can eat and your teeth pulled at the appropriate time.
as I’ve stated before;
a crushing mediocrity.
MM I agree with you 100%. You know I admire you to no end and I don’t mind paying a single penny of my taxes to help the poor and unfortunate. Without the help of taxpayers/charities, I wouldn’t be able to survive in this country since my family got some very small assistance when we got here for my mom to take English courses and get certified in her field. Bloomberg increased my co-op taxes by 33% this year and I am going to pay more and I HOPE that money goes to programs to help the communities and unfortunate or keep the street clean, keep crime down, etc. I am just saying that when you private things or have tort reform, you can usually achieve much more without gov’t intervention. I am glad that people are passionate about politics even though I am regrettably not, because that’s what makes this country great. People would revolt if we got a Stalin or Putin in the throne.
I work hard, pay taxes, donate a bunch of money for things I am passionate about and make sure I can first provide for my future family and myself in terms of the basic needs for survival and even more luxury things. I do have a car but if I had to give it up to pay for my increased medical insurance, so be it. I wouldn’t expect the gov’t to intervene and make insurance nationalized just so I can have insurance AND a car. My rant is over.
Kens- touchy much? That was a generalized statement and not pointing fingers. I was replying to your comments on health care and you telling me to go on welfare. After your rant about people in this country wanting entitlements? You make pronouncements about about how health care will ruin the country and I mention there are new reports out about how it can save money and your response is to go thermonuclear?
Now you want to make it personal by telling me how everyone has a problem with me? Fine. You aren’t the only one with stress. (Hey slopefarm- what was that excitable thing?)
That’s a pretty well worded and concise rant. You also happen to be right. We shouldn’t let the bad apples dictate how we treat the bunch.