Something to think about

With the topic continually coming up for a breathe of air, but turning
out to be stale with each time, I'm finding this "I stand on my own
feet, you should try it sometime" statement more and more frequently.
It's almost like a little jab to cower someone down.

What I'm finding is the one's who make that sort of statement are
generally the one's who depend the most on the government or social
programs. There are right now an estimated 45 million people without
healthcare insurance. How do they get those numbers? Simple, the same
as they get the numbers for unemployment figures...the number of
people who are signed up for programs for assistance. What do those
programs amount to? For someone having health insurance and having
maintained it for the majority of my life and having two kids born and
raised under insurance coverage with or without good economic
conditions, those programs amount to "welfare healthcare". Keep in
mind also, those 45 million people represent many Republican voters
who are telling people "quit depending on the government and using tax
dollars".

I find the people who speak out against unions are generally the one's
who are part of unions themselves and run to the union everytime they
have something bad happen. I turn on the Monday evening news and hear
a police officer in Dallas complaining about "unions" and how they're
dragging down this country...and how we need to outlaw all of them.
Tuesday rolls around and I hear of a Dallas police officer fired or
reprimanded for conduct. Wednesday gets here and sure enough, the lead
story is "Dallas police officer ... has filed a greivance with the
police association to request...". Wait a minute here, isn't a police
association a UNION?

I find the people who complain about people using government programs
to help with relief are the same one's who generally use those
programs. A perfect example of this would be these past weeks while we
witnessed hurricanes hitting Florida. We already know the "makeup" of
the voters in Florida by the 2000 election. It would seem that the
panhandle of the state is largely Republican and mostly have a mindset
to support yourself and not depend on the government. Yet when those
hurricanes hit, we find those same people out in front of a pile of
rubble crying and begging for the government to step in a help
out...because they lost everything and didn't have insurance to cover
it.

I'm finding quite a bit of people talk about "my tax dollars" when
they talk about individuals getting help to survive for another week
or two, yet say nothing about the countless amounts going to
corporations. I turn on the TV, open a newspaper or magazine and hear
about the airline industry being bailed out by money given by our
government...our tax dollars. I continue to hear about large
government contractors being bailed out after a series of over-charges
by our government...our tax dollars.

I for one am tired of the rhetoric portrayed by this. Have we become
so "shallow" as to deny someone relief to their life, while insisting
and/or demanding they receive relief when they need it? Have we become
so simple to the one's around us as we don't understand that people
should be able to live without having to beat each other up for who
gets what? I don't use government assistance. I work for myself in a
company that doesn't do business with government directly or it's
contractors. I have health insurance and homeowners insurance. With
that said, I don't have a problem with someone who needs
assistance...as long as they support and give back to those programs.
Many of the people and examples I've given trend to one segment of
society. At this point, I'm sick enough by listening to people talking
down programs for relief to others while they are themselves using it
that I'm thinking we need an extra question on the "sign up"
form..."cast your vote in support this program for future use by
others". If someone answers no, then send them on their way. If
someone answers yes, then hold them to it and make sure they help
others and supports the programs by voting for it in the future.

At that point, I'm sure there would be quite a number of people turn
around and start realizing that these programs are put in place for
one reason...to help ALL OF US!

 

your post is about 10 feet down my screen. just an observation......bjay
9-23-04@507pm
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Try a smaller font and better glasses?


--Fullstate

Me and Mah 'Priller!

 

Try a smaller font and better glasses?
--Fullstate
Me and Mah 'Priller!
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If I tried any smaller "font" and paid any more fer my glasses...I'd
have to sell something.......not only that...Scrolling is scrolling no
matter if ya have a 48' screen...I thinK???????hmmmm?
bjay9-24@635pm
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another example is: when someone sends me an email and it's onena those
fwd.fwd.fwd's with about 102 addys on it...that's way to much down
scroling for me...I loose interest....bjay
9-24@637pm

 

I was just envious that he had that big of a monitor!!!