“When Fascism Comes To America — It’s Already Here!

> On 9/6/2010 9:05 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:
>> John Galt wrote:
>>> On 9/6/2010 5:16 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:
>>>> John Galt wrote:
>>>>> On 9/6/2010 3:48 PM, Ray Fischer wrote:
>>>>>> John Galt wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/6/2010 7:50 AM, saddlebag wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sep 5, 10:10 pm, Anonymous Infidel – the anti-political talking
>>>>>>>> head
>>>>>>>>>> Do you think that because you are
>>>>>>>>>> currently able to perform an income producing task that it
>>>>>>>>>> will always
>>>>>>>>>> be so?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I’m capable of planning my own retirement/future. (It’s what
>>>>>>>>> adults
>>>>>>>>> do)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See, this is you problem. You think simplistically, as life
>>>>>>>> comes in
>>>>>>>> a package with a little bow on it. What if you were 32 and became
>>>>>>>> stricken with rheumatoid arthritis and could no longer do what
>>>>>>>> it is
>>>>>>>> that you do? Would you be capable of planning for that?Would you
>>>>>>>> have sufficient funds to pay for a possible 40 years of medical
>>>>>>>> care,
>>>>>>>> shelter, food, clothing etc when you couldn’t even work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You’re suggesting a scenario which is so far off on the tail of
>>>>>>> the bell
>>>>>>> curve as to be nominal;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Car accident then. Or you fall and injure your back playing
>>>>>> football.
>>>>>> Or you fall off of a ladder and suffer brain damage.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the point. Any decent social safety net takes care of people
>>>>> who,
>>>>> **through no fault of their own**, finds themself in desperate
>>>>> circumstances.
>>>>
>>>> The GOP is opposed to any such safety nets.
>>>
>>> I have not seen a bullet in the party platform *ever* suggesting the
>>> repeal of all safety nets.
>>
>> Medicare and Social Security are favorite targets of the GOP.

The Liberals target these programs for growth beyond what they were
originally created to do.

These programs grow and consume the National productivity and leave us
poorer than before they were created. They are the money sucking
government that drains us of economic prosperity.