Reply #150: Your statement makes no sense....

[poboyross]

You didn't give up when Bush won *two* terms did you? Why should they? Regardless of your disagreements, what's good for the goose, is good for the gander. So what, 40-some-odd percent of the country didn't vote for our President, they should just shut up and go along with *anything*? C'mon, you've got more common sense than that, I know it.

So what if I have to pay taxes? Here's "so what"....I spend my money better than they do. I don't run deficits, I don't give it to habitual makers of their own undoing. I don't waste money invading my next door neighbor's lawn and annexing it because I want to take his AWESOME Kentucky bluegrass and fescue.

Who will take care of people who can't pay their mortgages? Um....no one? While I believe there should be plans to help people stay in their homes, I believe they shouldn't be able to skip out on what they owe. I know there are a monstrous amount of predatory lenders out there; however, to trust a bank in the first place? That's foolish. We did our research and avoided the scam one bank tried to pull on us, and in the end, we're still underwater on our house because of dropping values. Am I going to whine to the gub'ment to pay the difference between the loan/home value when I sell? Of course not. Would I if I could, no. I'll eat the cost because as in the rest of life....it's chance, and this time I lost. Better luck next time.

Your statement "give money to people who need it". I take it you believe that it's the gub'ment's job to decide who needs what and how much? So they should confiscate from a responsible person like me, at one time equal in economic footing with those who made bad decisions? I take ownership of my mistakes and bad situations, no matter if I was screwed over or not. It's my job to always be more informed and dare I say smarter than the people I deal with, whenever possible. It's not the gub'ment's job to *give* money to people. If they're going to distribute it, it should be under conditions of repayment only. Those capable of working should always labor for everything, lest they take it for granted and expect the government to "give it to those who need it".