Replies to post #1556 on The Free Zone Board

[pat34lee]

Re: Indy - Oil Companies

< I would beg to differ with you about the mentally impaired however. The paranoid schizos and the bi-polars live in thier own personal hell that as sane humans beings, if there is such an animal, we can't even begin to comprehend. >

Those with mental disorders should be helped, including forced treatment or hospitalization if necessary. That is how it used to be until the liberals started on the rights of the mentally unhinged. They forced NY and other large cities to turn the patients out and where did they go? To the streets for many of them.

< I'm for a flat tax, campaign finance reform, and end to these pork projects the lobbiest sell the military etc. etc. >

If the government could cut back to constitutional spending, they should be able to provide with only import tariffs. It will never happen though, as too many people vote for the 'gimme' ticket.

< On the other hand I'm not in favior slashing social programs to the point where we create a sub-culture of throw away people, with no hope for either thier own or the future of thier children. >

Programs like welfare create those hopeless conditions. By providing enough for basics and penalizing efforts to better conditions, they created a class of welfare addicts with little hope of leaving the government payroll.

< When you hit a child you teach him to lie, when you deprive him of an opportunity to make money you teach him to steal and when you deprive him of love you teach him to hate. Do you get any of this? >

Got it. The problem is that children do not have to be taught to lie, they learn that naturally. It is the parents' jobs to provide love and opportunities for their children, which is one problem today. Many baby boomers do not know the meaning of loving or caring for children, as the motto for many of their generation is "me first, nobody second". Government is a poor substitute for a real family.

One other thing; if all taxes were dramatically lowered, more people would be able to afford to live on single incomes so that one parent could be home to care for their children.