Once again, the communists have resorted to putting words in my mouth and attacking my personal integrity. We don't take too kindly to that here in the South, so I will give you one final rebuttal (trying to maintain as much of a professional attitude as possible), and, because economics neither concerns nor interests me, I will leave that to y'all and I will go on to discuss other things. After all, I am not obligated to reply to your comments, but I will defend my position since I'm the only one around to do it.
I never said I don't want to help poor people; you assume too much. I'm all for helping anybody at any opportunity I get. If you want to sit back and let the government fiddle around with your money, then by all means sit back, but I would rather take action.
I have two words to describe how I feel about government (and organized religion, coincidentally) - gross misappropriation. Being the cynic that I am, I will automatically trust myself and the people I know best to handle things like finances over any sort of institution. Also, I examine everything the government (and organized religion, coincidentally) tells me as a probable lie, scam, trick, or other weapon of psychological warfare. A committee might get more done than an individual, but the individual is more likely to do it right because he has his own interests at heart, and that will motivate him to do the best thing. Now we get into the question of morality; can we trust individuals to make the best decision? Of course not. The cardinal guiding principle shows us that much. But the same applies to committees and organizations of any kind, only it's far worse when you get people together. Because of group polarization, an institution can be just as corrupt if not moreso than the people who make it up. Corruption, lies, and greed are the cornerstone of all governments (and organized religions, coincidentally), but find me a man of honor, of integrity, find me myself, and I will do it right. And if I'm doing it right, and y'all are doing it right, there's no need for the government to come in and screw it up. A person can be trusted, people fall victim to the cardinal guiding principle, especially people in power.
Interestingly enough, I intend to be a secondary school teacher; needless to say, I aint gonna be no eccentric billionaire oil tycoon or whatever it is you seem to think I am. I believe the children are our future, but only if we beat some sense into those brain-damaged fools, more on that to come.
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