Hog gone soft? I pity poor Mrs. Usahog! LOL

Take care, my friend, and COME TO THE SOFT DARK SIDE...

John

LMAO @ Rick

I was not downing your sites... I just get so much of the same retoric from my work area... reading into more of it... and dealing with the VA myself on allot of Issues I see it first hand...

what I said... in the END when it comes down to the last person you really need to deal with.. the Paperwork And BS outways what the program was really designed for...

Hog

Professor,
I wasn't dismissing the importance of welfare altogether. I abhor the Lifestyle of social welfare.
And I don't put the blame solely on the abusers. I also blame the system and those that support it.
When a person values pride and personal responsiblity, they use welfare as a crutch to get back on their feet. When another person milks the system for all that they can, that person is a leach. And those that suport these leaches are doing more harm than good in the long run.

I don't propose that we put people on the street to starve. Rather, I suggest that we put them on the street to survive.
Welfare abuse is not the biggest problem this country is facing.
But it soon could be if we allow it to grow exponentially.

Almost forgot:
The 4% threshold is fairly well documented.
Despite that, I feel that capitalism is still the strongest economic system on earth. You dislike it and have stated so directly and indirectly in the past.

It's easy to bash the things you don't like, but oftentimes more difficult to justify support for the things you do like.
What economic system do you support?

tailgater

i like capitalism, but like cannibalism, one needs some restraints, or you might eat your young.

Bravo!

And all this time I thought the cigar was one of the symbols of decadent capitalism. Reading this thread one might think mostly socialists and communists smoke them. Interesting.