2761377 wrote:

american tradition is that each person has the opportunity to make a successful life and those that don't are failures as people. sure, there are exceptions due to outside circumstances but we value what's called 'the protestant work ethic', a value based again on personal liberty. the nursemaiding of the 'poor and unfortunate ones' should be left to those who are soft hearted enough to care, not by coercion on all of us.



robert w.[/quote]

yo man that is straight bullshit. American tradition likes to make everyone believe that everyone has the opportunity to better their lives. The truth is, life is a race and too many people aren't even getting a chance to get to the starting line. Meanwhile people as fortunate as ourselves get massive head starts and aren't doing anything to help people less fortunate. We abandon complete segments of our society. I.E. 90's watts and Compton. Business and government weren't doing shit to help those people and in turn everything turned for the worst. Blood sets, crip sets, you name it. The government does have a responsibility to make sure everyone gets an equal start so that people can make a "successful" life. Whatever the hell that is.
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