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Re: For Veterans and Military personnel only.
No you don't. You are smarter than this. There is a very big difference between programs that reward contracts of service and programs that reward a person for being born. Some socialist programs help people who deserve it. Most Americans on unemployment would prefer a job and an opportunity to maintain a sense of pride and contribute to our society. Some socialist programs feed people who find themselves on the back end of a series of bad life decisions and need assistance. Certainly most of them don't like the embarrasment of pulling food stamps out of their purse or announcing "free lunch" in front of their school friends.
But let's not pretend that 20 years of contracted service is the same as a handout just to justify the handout. Are people who retire from Time Warner Cable, Ford, or Merryl Lynch getting a handout from their companies when they retire? After they've fullfilled career obligation they too receive what they earned in accordance to the contracts. Are these civilian workers just like the 24 year old single Mom of four receiving food stamps? Military retirees worked for a company too. And they merely get what they earned. What 24 year old Mom of four earned a handout? What contract did she sign and what has she really earned? What she earned was failure because of the bad decisions she made....but she has the mercy of socialist programs to alleviate her reponsibility.
I believe that socialist programs are still socialist programs.
No you don't. You are smarter than this. There is a very big difference between programs that reward contracts of service and programs that reward a person for being born. Some socialist programs help people who deserve it. Most Americans on unemployment would prefer a job and an opportunity to maintain a sense of pride and contribute to our society. Some socialist programs feed people who find themselves on the back end of a series of bad life decisions and need assistance. Certainly most of them don't like the embarrasment of pulling food stamps out of their purse or announcing "free lunch" in front of their school friends.
But let's not pretend that 20 years of contracted service is the same as a handout just to justify the handout. Are people who retire from Time Warner Cable, Ford, or Merryl Lynch getting a handout from their companies when they retire? After they've fullfilled career obligation they too receive what they earned in accordance to the contracts. Are these civilian workers just like the 24 year old single Mom of four receiving food stamps? Military retirees worked for a company too. And they merely get what they earned. What 24 year old Mom of four earned a handout? What contract did she sign and what has she really earned? What she earned was failure because of the bad decisions she made....but she has the mercy of socialist programs to alleviate her reponsibility.
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