Thursday, April 19, 2012

Let's go the next step...

If for no other reason than I am not busy this morning until such time as I can get outside and cut grass.

You wrote:  "You "would do" for yourself, or you would assume your Rights yourself, because those Rights were inherint, not granted."

Are there any circumstances under which the Fed can "do for you" outside of the inherent rights already defined in the Constitution?  Is there a line between legitimate support for a citizen and welfare?  What "rights" are granted by government and what benefits arise from those rights?

For example, completing a four year term of service in the US military gets you trained, fed, housed and remunerated for the entire term... once that term is up, do Federal benefits that continue the rest of your life constitute "welfare" or "support"?  Pensions that only Congress are eligible for (and health benefits) cost the taxpayers millions each year, and these benefits continue even after they are out of office... welfare or legitimate support?  What about the FEMA money some of us received after Katrina?  Welfare or support?

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