Here, read this: "By the mid-1930's, thanks to the New Deal, all that self-reliance had changed, prompting Mencken to declare: 'There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them.' Despite the billions spent on an individual, 'he can be lifted transiently but always slips back again.' Thus, the New Deal had been 'the most stupendous digenetic enterprise ever undertaken by man.... We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time. The effects of that doctrine are bound to be disastrous soon or late.'
This is from a Biography of H.L. Mencken. Now look at the current elections. Both parties, all candidates always telling you what they will do for you. I am tired of it. I dont need a politician to do things for me, and if the majority believe that they do than maybe Mencken was correct. Maybe we have acquired a vast population of morons. You see, there was once a man who said: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Look at what has happened since then: Welfare, Medicaid, and the list goes on. This isnt even about what you can do for your country anymore. What can you do, or rather, what are you WILLING to do for YOURSELF?
The bigger these programs get the bigger the government gets. The bigger the Government gets the more money goes to it from your pocket. I agree with charity, I give every year, but to have someone tell me I have to give to others not willing to better themselves, that is nothing short of idiocy. I love my Country, and I will always support my government. Some things though need to change. If we allow politicians to take our money, they will do it without pause.
If you want an alternative to our tax system check out fairtax.org. This isnt just about the way taxes are collected, its about how they are utillized, but if we can change the first maybe the second will come in time.
