Originally posted by: Whaspe
Forced charity? Would you argue that it is detrimental to the country as a whole to encourage education and promote value and character in one of the lower classes of society? I would agree that forcing such education and values onto someone is a waste of time and resource, but then what do you do? The current solution is to put these people into prison and at $100,000 a head (in Canada) that's no better.
Well as a rich and powerful Democrat who lives off the poor, I have found I need a few more votes. I have to cream off some of the stupider Republican folk and to do so I have to talk like them. I don't want to be soft on China because the Republicans will raise up the Red China scare so I have to wait for Nixon or Condor to go first. I am not opposed to waisting tax payers dollars on the poor because they will vote for me, but I have to be careful not to alienate too many other voters whom I have to fleece for the cash. We don't want another socialist help the poor failure blamed on us. Hope you understand. But you do sound like a good man who has the welfare of others at heart. When people start calling you an N-lover you will understand the dilemma. As I said, the Republicans have the race card and we all swirl around the toilet together.
Yes, in 2008. The Dems will dust off Carter.