tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398637613957485700.post6740003860767127839..comments2013-08-17T19:55:43.240-06:00Comments on Res Civitatis: Keeping a Civil TongueKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01675821942982658692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398637613957485700.post-29779599291757330382008-12-09T20:20:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:20:00.000-07:00We should do what our ancestors had no courage to ...We should do what our ancestors had no courage to do: namely, we have sold our children a debt that they cannot afford and we have done so under the guise of social responsibility. These children of ours never agreed to this debt and we have spent like drunken sailors because we are too spoiled and too weak to live under a perceived hardship.<BR/><BR/>Shame on us.Pheloniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346467267055751387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398637613957485700.post-85753777734798115132008-12-08T22:30:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:30:00.000-07:00Beautifully said. I am honored to be on your blogr...Beautifully said. I am honored to be on your blogroll and will return the compliment. Thank you.Jouberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970872086435575755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398637613957485700.post-61060440530434721542008-11-25T09:03:00.000-07:002008-11-25T09:03:00.000-07:00"I hate the idea of redistribution of wealth as a ..."<I>I hate the idea of redistribution of wealth as a "save-all" ideal, yet at this point my own grandmother, father and mother are counting on the government check that they spent years of paychecks buying into.</I>"<BR/><BR/>The key here that they spent years paying into it. The wealth there was not technically redistributed. Yes, I know that many pull from that more than they put in.<BR/><BR/>That is the problem we have, socialism, or redistribution of wealth has been slowly creeping into the way things are and have been.<BR/><BR/>"<I>The Social Security Act of 1935, one of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal creations, is seen by many as a socialist program because it is a government-organized and -regulated system. Social Security was designed to provide retirement benefits to citizens through mandatory donations to the program during one's employment years.</I>" <A HREF="http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1669.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.u-s-history.com/</A><BR/><BR/>But does this mean we have to continue down the path to MORE socialism just because some as been allowed in?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01675821942982658692noreply@blogger.com