JerseyArt said:
Matt,
As a libertarian, and fiscal conservative, I sympathize with a great deal of your angst and reasoning.
But as you yourself alluded to, your position is somewhat rigid and absolute, never a good place upon which to build a firm foundation with respect to any policies involving human beings.
You sound like you are advocating a need for compromise. I cannot understand why. Compromoise is the enemy of reason and logic. If something is healthy and productive, and something else is a bane to that productive thing, how can they compromise?
How can food compromise with poison, or a business compromise with a thief?
Compromise is a lack of reason, a lack of conviction.
You are substituting political expediency for logical reasoning. The modern American state is so controlled by a politically-based thought process that people are incapable of thinking outside it. When they do, they seem like radicals, when really, only reason is being advocated.
Many of our citizens have been brainwashed to the point where even uncompromising reason is considered improper because of it is politically unviable.
Do I think medicare needs to be downsized,reworked, and reprioratized? Most certainly.
However, as a person, and as a society, I would hope to aspire to greater heights than the equivelant of "F' them if they can't take care of themselves."
What greater height is there than giving people all of their natural rights, and creating a system of government defined by equal justice under law, that protects these rights from infringement by criminals or the governemnt itself?
What greater height can a society rise to?
This type of society fu*ks no one. It gives each individual a chance to create the best life they can.
I have no idea what your background is, but it strikes me somewhat as reflecting someone who was genetically fortunate enough to be born to parents able to care for him without trouble. Rarely do you witness such sentiments coming from a self made individual. There is something to be said for experience and walking in the other mans shoes.
I am not sure what this implies or what it is supposed to mean.
I've never been President, but I can judge what policies I agree and disagree with. I've never been a serial killer, but I know that murder is wrong.
This "other man's shoes" line of thought is likewise illogical. each of our experiences are unique and therefore cannot ever be experienced exactly the same by another.
I do not seek to judge other people. In fact, I seek exactly the opposite. I seeka system of government that protects an individual's rights. On this I cannot compromise.
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