Quote Originally Posted by chuck34
Do you believe in personal responsibility? Do you think there should be some mechanism that narrows the gap between the "rich" and "poor"?

Again, on this we agree (at least as you put it here, you'll probably parse it a bit differently in a minute). This is precisely the reason I am against bailouts. Let the f'ers go down with the ship. Make them learn a lesson.
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People actually start cheering at about the 1:00 mark.

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The individual, private charity, families, and faith based orgs should take care of people, not the government.

If people can't afford healthcare, then they should take personal responsibility and hurry up and DIE. Perhaps we should allow involuntary euthanasia, and that way decrease the surplus population. It would be far more economical if the unproductive and unemployed members of society were destroyed.

If people's jobs have been relocated to Thailand where the labour force is cheaper and they can't afford to pick up stumps and move there, then too bad.
People should take personal responsibility for themselves and if life happens to deal them a dud set of cards or a corporation decides on the basis of a business decision that entire communities should suffer, then too bad.