govt shutdown looms

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by jms62

Didnt we have a few on these boards against Obama and those on the government dole while also receiving SSI? It is mind boggling that someone cannot make the connection like the guy in the story.

Oh, Timm... whatever happened to him? I miss him. He was so very earnest in his postings of links to RedState.

I think the not-so-young gentleman in the article (what is he thinking? He's 41. Dude, your prostate is soon going to be doing things you're not going to be liking, if it isn't already) has persuaded himself that he pays more in taxes than he's getting back. A lot of people who get the EITC don't make the connection between the money that is taken out of their paychecks and the several thousand dollar check they get from the IRS in the spring. It doesn't occur to them that they are getting back everything they paid in taxes.

And they don't get inflation. People on Medicare now are getting far, far more out of it than they ever put in.

And I don't have an issue with this; I don't want him or his kids to starve, and I want old people to have some security in their declining years, but dude, at least show some appreciation for the fact that you live in a nation that has some kind of safety net and accept that you are depending on it. Those ain't your own bootstraps you're pulling yourself up by, because, without government aid, you ain't got no boots.

I am interested to hear Dell's thoughts on the man's family planning choices, seeing as how Dell has, in the past, expressed some strong opinions on poor urban families.