Yes, human beings are all parasites. With few exceptions, we take more from the world than we give. There's nothing so seductive as seeing oneself as a victim. Multimillionaires are the newest group claiming victim-hood. How awful they have to face the possibility of paying an income tax rate lower than what they would have paid during the Clinton or Reagan years. How dare the white male Christian power structure be told they should not have special privileges! If they are so much for every person enjoying only that for which they work, then inheritance should be abolished. Let's have a more level playing field.
I do agree that some people use the system. I personally know of 3 people who get disability payments who are perfectly capable of working. One is a neighbor, 47, who has disability for a back injury yet rides a bike and does odd jobs requiring lifting to make extra money. He also goes to the local charitable food banks each week to load up on groceries and goes to a free lunch offered by a local church. It disgusts me. In case you are wondering, all 3 of these grifters are white and live in middle class neighborhoods.
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This is how the elections are won! Don't you love Thomas Sowell? What a mind!
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/
Yes, human beings are all parasites. With few exceptions, we take more from the world than we give. There's nothing so seductive as seeing oneself as a victim. Multimillionaires are the newest group claiming victim-hood. How awful they have to face the possibility of paying an income tax rate lower than what they would have paid during the Clinton or Reagan years. How dare the white male Christian power structure be told they should not have special privileges! If they are so much for every person enjoying only that for which they work, then inheritance should be abolished. Let's have a more level playing field.
I do agree that some people use the system. I personally know of 3 people who get disability payments who are perfectly capable of working. One is a neighbor, 47, who has disability for a back injury yet rides a bike and does odd jobs requiring lifting to make extra money. He also goes to the local charitable food banks each week to load up on groceries and goes to a free lunch offered by a local church. It disgusts me. In case you are wondering, all 3 of these grifters are white and live in middle class neighborhoods.
Sowell is a great American
I do agree and He is a great guy.