The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Prudence

People vote to help the poor when they know that everyone else will have to contribute as well. People are willing to spend from the collective pocketbook to help the poor. This most decidedly does NOT prove that people, left to their own devices as individuals, would continue to do so. In fact, I think it rather more likely that as individuals people would brush it aside as Someone Else's Problem.

Exactly! The sig line I had recently sums it up perfectly for me:

“I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes


I think that many people that object to tax money going to help the disadvantaged just plain don't give a rat's ass about their fellow humans. They're selfish and self centered.