Dirty Hippies Whining For A Free Lunch

[Aadill]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's a big difference between being a good person, helping the less fortunate out, and advocating the government take money from Group A to give it to Group B, no matter how much Group B needs it. That is simply dividing up stolen property. It's easy to be generous with other peoples' money. Hell, half of Americans don't pay any income taxes. For them to be so willing to support spreading this tax money is easy, as they have no skin in the game.

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Note that in my post, I had specifically said income tax. The vast majority of workers (they claim 80%) pay some kind of tax like social security, medicare, etc.

So what was the point of your post?

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Aadill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So what was the point of your post?

You do realize the difference of an income tax and a social security or medicare tax, right? In theory, the latter 2 are paid on the understanding that you will reap the benefits of that money in the future. The former is used for all the Robin Hood programs.

[Autotune]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You do realize the difference of an income tax and a social security or medicare tax, right? In theory, the latter 2 are paid on the understanding that you will reap the benefits of that money in the future. The former is used for all the Robin Hood programs.

wait, so i'll be able to draw social security in 40+years?

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Autotune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

wait, so i'll be able to draw social security in 40+years?

Theoretically? Sure. In fact, it's almost a guarantee that you'll get some kind of paper money when you retire. Whether it's worth anything is the real question.