06-23-2011, 03:20 PM
2 quotes for thought provocation....
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," Gerald Ford - in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." - Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, Paris, May 27, 1788
Our society is already very socialistic. Our founding father TJ, as seen above, predicted this 200 years ago. And it will only get worse from here on out, unless we revolt against our current form of government and instill new laws governing them. While that sounds nice, what model will we base this off of?
I don't believe social programs should ever be done away with all together. I do agree they should be tightly governed and that every tax payers dollar should go toward some type of betterment of our nation.
I'm on the fence in regards to a drug testing program for benefits. Let's face it, there are too many ways to pass a drug test, if need be. I see it as a waste, in which the benefits saved will not outweigh the cost of such program in it's entirety.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have," Gerald Ford - in an address to a joint session of Congress on August 12, 1974
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." - Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, Paris, May 27, 1788
Our society is already very socialistic. Our founding father TJ, as seen above, predicted this 200 years ago. And it will only get worse from here on out, unless we revolt against our current form of government and instill new laws governing them. While that sounds nice, what model will we base this off of?
I don't believe social programs should ever be done away with all together. I do agree they should be tightly governed and that every tax payers dollar should go toward some type of betterment of our nation.
I'm on the fence in regards to a drug testing program for benefits. Let's face it, there are too many ways to pass a drug test, if need be. I see it as a waste, in which the benefits saved will not outweigh the cost of such program in it's entirety.