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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 2906980" data-attributes="member: 66082">That&#039;s all well and good but it didn&#039;t really pertain to the point I was making about the kinds of people who are upset about the government helping the poor, are silent and accepting of the wealthy creating a whole industry dedicated to begging the government.I don&#039;t know what you mean by grifters... in the context of my postI will add, there is a social contract between citizens and the US government.&nbsp; This social contract is very elegant and simple and was spelled out by Thomas Jefferson.&nbsp;&nbsp; The American social contract is basically Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this means that the government should aid all Americans in those things.It seems like a lot of Americans are ok with the government helping out certain Americans, but get very, very angry when the government helps certain other Americans.&nbsp; They create all of kinds of bs justifications for their anger at those Americans getting help, but the basic reality that they are anti- other groups of Americans is plain as day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 2906980, member: 66082"] That's all well and good but it didn't really pertain to the point I was making about the kinds of people who are upset about the government helping the poor, are silent and accepting of the wealthy creating a whole industry dedicated to begging the government. I don't know what you mean by grifters... in the context of my post I will add, there is a social contract between citizens and the US government. This social contract is very elegant and simple and was spelled out by Thomas Jefferson. The American social contract is basically Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this means that the government should aid all Americans in those things. It seems like a lot of Americans are ok with the government helping out certain Americans, but get very, very angry when the government helps certain other Americans. They create all of kinds of bs justifications for their anger at those Americans getting help, but the basic reality that they are anti- other groups of Americans is plain as day. [/QUOTE]

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