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<blockquote data-quote="johnoutdoors" data-source="post: 805132" data-attributes="member: 27521">Thank you for finally replying to the questions.&nbsp; So how is it my responsibility to pay for people who you agree have failed to adequately prepare themselves for their futures?&nbsp; I will gladly help those in my family.&nbsp; If my parents, siblings, even my in laws need help, I will give all that I can and more.&nbsp; Why should I pay higher taxes to support someone on the other side of the country that I have never and will never meet.&nbsp; Is that not the job of the individual, and failing that the individual&#039;s family and friends?&nbsp; &nbsp;I understand the thought of poor old Mrs. Smith who is all on her own and has nothing.&nbsp; Really I do.&nbsp; But that is an emotional arguement.&nbsp; Lady justice (the statue in courtrooms) is blind, she cannot see age, race, wealth, anything but our presence.&nbsp; Our laws are supposed to be based on reason and logic, not emotion.&nbsp; Why does Mrs. Smith get the reaction that she does?&nbsp; Because we are inclined to imagine her as our own grandmother, thereby introducing emotion.&nbsp; Federally mandated healthcare, SS, medicaid/medicare, etc are all offshoots of emotionally based laws.&nbsp; &nbsp;I argue that it is not the gov&#039;t&#039;s job to care for these people.&nbsp; That is why DS has that VAT.&nbsp; The gov&#039;t couldn&#039;t tell the people how high they were going to have to set income, sales, and property taxes, so they introduced a new category of tax with a name that sounds so nice, why wouldn&#039;t we want to pay for something that is &quot;value added?&quot;&nbsp; Its all so they gov&#039;t can get more money to fritter away in a manner of their choosing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Me personally, I would like to keep my money so I can help my family.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnoutdoors, post: 805132, member: 27521"] Thank you for finally replying to the questions. So how is it my responsibility to pay for people who you agree have failed to adequately prepare themselves for their futures? I will gladly help those in my family. If my parents, siblings, even my in laws need help, I will give all that I can and more. Why should I pay higher taxes to support someone on the other side of the country that I have never and will never meet. Is that not the job of the individual, and failing that the individual's family and friends? I understand the thought of poor old Mrs. Smith who is all on her own and has nothing. Really I do. But that is an emotional arguement. Lady justice (the statue in courtrooms) is blind, she cannot see age, race, wealth, anything but our presence. Our laws are supposed to be based on reason and logic, not emotion. Why does Mrs. Smith get the reaction that she does? Because we are inclined to imagine her as our own grandmother, thereby introducing emotion. Federally mandated healthcare, SS, medicaid/medicare, etc are all offshoots of emotionally based laws. I argue that it is not the gov't's job to care for these people. That is why DS has that VAT. The gov't couldn't tell the people how high they were going to have to set income, sales, and property taxes, so they introduced a new category of tax with a name that sounds so nice, why wouldn't we want to pay for something that is "value added?" Its all so they gov't can get more money to fritter away in a manner of their choosing. Me personally, I would like to keep my money so I can help my family. [/QUOTE]

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