First: “...and Candide caressed his sheep” is a reference of which I’m very fond because it is Voltaire’s commentary about the situation he constructed for his characters Martin the Philosopher and Candide, who were arguing. They were arguing, but while arguing, Candide was in a position to caress his sheep. I bring this up because I am very pleased with the way things are unfolding between myself and Van der Reise.
...if Dave would have represented the fully realized idea and not used pieces to serve his interest, the reader would understand that my comments have nothing to do with the purpose of Dave’s essay. If this was not Dave’s intention, which I’m certain it could not have been because I give him benefit of the doubt as far as being thorough, then ‘oh.’
You are exactly right to characterize my contribution as using pieces to serve my own interest. However, I get the sense (your language doesn’t seem to make it clear, but I don’t really listen to my right-brain, so maybe it is) that you find fault with that. If you think it’s perfectly reasonable, and even expected, that others use pieces of your contribution to serve their own interests, that’s great! If not, then I will continue working on you
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How would the government not charge people for services when that is the purpose of the government, to collect taxes and distribute them as services or ‘wherever they are needed,’ per se?
The purpose of government is NOT to take from those who have and give it to those in need. That is called “socialist policy” (as well as “theft” by some people who aren’t brainwashed) and we do have a lot of that all around the whole world, unfortunately, but the purpose of government is to prevent bad behavior. You may think that a perfect example of bad behavior is spending all of your own money in the ways you see fit (rather than letting someone else decide), but I do not. I think each person who earns money should be allowed to choose whether or not they spend their money or give it to an institution that distributes it as services or ‘wherever they are needed’. If government got out of the way, such institutions would flourish as citizens perceived no other way to alleviate the problem of poverty. (Really, there is no other way, but socialist policy lets us think there is.)
The government does offer free programs; they are paid for by tax dollars, hence the complaint of Americans that they don’t want to pay for lazy, felony-convicted n*ggers, who do nothing but sit on their *ss*s and collect welfare. That’s what the government does. Where else would they get the money if not from the people? Government said it would do that from the beginning. Take your money and put it where it needs to go. At least, that’s what they say in America.
Americans, and citizens of other countries, and all other life-forms I can imagine, also do not want to pay for those people. They also don’t want to pay for lazy, felony-convicted people who have little or no black ancestry who do nothing but sit on their asses and collect welfare. Nor do they want to pay for industrious, upstanding people, regardless of their race. In short, sentient beings don’t want to pay for anyone but themselves. Oh, and sometimes they’re happy to help out anyone they come across who could use a boost. But that happens a lot more when they aren’t forced to do it through taxation.
It sounds like you taxes are good because the government said it would do certain things that you think are good. If that is the case, then let me tell you: I, also, will take your money and put it where it needs to go. If you’re not comfortable with me doing it, there’s probably a church or charity nearby that can take care of it or you. I won’t hire a bunch of IRS agents to check your math or make sure you send me money though, and neither will any of the other decent institutions that provide that service. Because that would make it extortion.