How much of your taxes go to waste on welfare cheats ?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by futurecurrents, Mar 9, 2012.

  1. achilles28

    achilles28

    Probably the most overlooked detractor of welfare, above.

    The system perverts incentives. Failure is rewarded and success is punished. People are paid to sit on their ass, so we get more of it. The total tax liability of a "rich" person, is well over 50%. So less people work their butts off. What's the point when the Government takes half? The result is an idling of labor capacity, which needs a handout to pay for its existence = wealth destruction. It works the same for corporations. Reward failure (ie banker/auto bailouts) and we get more reckless speculation and bloated unions that suck taxpayers dry. Let the free market police itself (allow failure), and companies judicially police their own finances to ensure their continue existence. The free market works, if we let it (at the corporate, and individual level).
     
    #41     Mar 12, 2012
  2. Yep...let the kids starve. It's better for the economy.
     
    #42     Mar 12, 2012
  3. achilles28

    achilles28

    If their parents work, they won't starve. Pretty easy, huh?
     
    #43     Mar 12, 2012
  4. Exactly. People need to understand they're responsible for providing for themselves. Clearly an alien concept to futurecurrents and his ilk.
     
    #44     Mar 12, 2012
  5. achilles28

    achilles28

    I'm sure we'll be told how "they can't" work and we must provide for them...
     
    #45     Mar 12, 2012
  6. It sounds easy. But it's not as simple as you guys......
     
    #46     Mar 12, 2012
  7. You called that one!
     
    #47     Mar 12, 2012
  8. Is that what your loser parent(s) told you?
     
    #48     Mar 12, 2012
  9. Eight

    Eight

    he said with a dismissive wave of the hand, displaying his omniscience and absolute control
     
    #49     Mar 12, 2012
  10. Why do you want kids to starve?
     
    #50     Mar 12, 2012