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Quote by: Technosoul My political opinon today is that tax funded saftey nets are important, I say this not to represent any sort of liberial part or left wing agenda, some as a fact.
The reason is that a lot of people are living on credit and on a month to month budget, most Ameircans in the middle class are only a month or two away from being totally homeless if they lost their source of income and could not find another job with equal pay.
They might feel they are well off and they might believe their jobs are secure, but one CEO who wants to downsize their company could change all of that overnight. And so even if they believe they doing the responsible thing, they could be in for a rude awaken to the reality of bill collectors and foreclosures.
Most people no long use just cash when shopping but now use credit cards. Pressing needs often stress the credit cards so they end up with a large balance to pay back, the sudden loss of employment or a unexpected emergecy event could leave them deeply in the hole, so they get a loan to pay back the credit and that puts them even deeper into debt. Putting them on the edge of loosing everything if they miss their monthly payments and their jobs end up just covering those payments and the basics needed for food and utilities and so forth. The overall economy more or less depends on that type of overspending to keep America active in retail sales.
Umemployment checks cannot pay for all those credit bills and also household expensenses on a day to day bases. And in short order you can no longer collect anymore of those checks - out you go - into the streets of uncertainy. So we really need a strong governmental safety net to bail people out so that they do not loose their house and everything because of layoffs and other economic alterations in the fields of employment.
Nearly half of the voters are women. And women can have babies and they must support their dependant children. If a woman left highschool and spent all her time as a married housewife and had some kids - and suddenly the husband and father vanishes his responsiblities to support the wife and kids, she is "out in the cold' with no work experience to put on an employment application, and little time to take off from caring for the needs of her children. We need a governmental welfare program as a safty net for such women and their dependant children.
Also we have people who might suddenlhy find their self in a wheelchair and not able to work at their regulalar occupations, or who become mentally unstable because they went to fight in some war like they did over in Nam, and become unemployable and "no longer wanted or needed". Hey, we need a safety net for such people to fall back on when something tragic happens to them like that.
and that is just for starters.... I do not see any way not to supply safety nets as responsible taxpayers.
I am sure any of you reasonable people would agree but in case you don't, rave on. |
OR we can try to abolish the state in favor of self-managmenet and workers' control. In Kropotkin's words,. this would allow for "the most complete development of individuality combined with the highest development of voluntary associations in all its aspects, in all possible aspects, for all imaginable aims."
Grandpa h.