: assistance, you shouldn't be taking it! As for those recipients who are just content to sit on their butt instead of working to pull themselves up into the mainstream, their benefits should be cut!!! Most taxpayers are getting pissed off about their money (and it is YOUR money, NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S!!!) just getting thrown away on these lazy people (Left-wingers [I'm not talking about you, Richard], lazy people who abuse the system DO EXIST!!!), as well as all the rich people who half-assed their way to the top, instead of working hard for it. Basically as far as I'm concerned if people want to take benefits rather than work in near slavery for some bastard or other, then that is a good sign. I'd rather they had the incentive to do enjoyable worthwhile work- but while all that is on offer is McJobs then I think that they have the right to refuse to work in miserable conditions.
: I have to disagree with Richard's view regarding the military. Just like the local police department, state troopers, and the FBI, the military IS a necessity. Many of the countries in the Middle East hate us, and if they ever decide to unite, we could be in great danger. Also, I have recently heard that Russia STILL has missles pointed at us. And many of our so-called "allies" are jealous of what we have. We need to have a military strong enough to take on ALL our enemies and fair-weather friends. But yes, the Pentagon does need to get its costs under control. $600.00 toilet seats on ships and $1000.00 ash trays are a major gouging of the taxpayer (an understatement).
Actually dear, I think you'll find that your military is a bigger danger to the rest of us than we are to you. You need you military to keep on exploiting the world, and enforcing the needs of you corporations on undeveloped nations- you need you military as a source of state repression against popular insurgency. Killing people is good for business.
