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No. The assumption that government should fix everything is selfish and lazy. It absolves us of personal responsibility, and gives us someone to blame when thin
by treerock 11y ago
No. The assumption that government should fix everything is selfish and lazy. It absolves us of personal responsibility, and gives us someone to blame when things go wrong. I'd feel sorry for the politicians, except they do more than anyone to perpetuate this.
- kaonashi 11y agoThe notion that individuals should fix everything is a cop-out and woefully insufficient.
- treerock 11y agoThat's a false dichotomy. There are plenty of groups that can take on the responsibilities that government now assume.
- dexterdog 11y agoAnd just about all of them (even Komen) do it more efficiently.
- kaonashi 11y agoI should have written: the notion that individuals should fund everything is a cop-out and woefully insufficient.
- anigbrowl 11y agoWhat if voters choose to delegate that responsibility to government, should they be prevented from doing so?
- smtddr 11y ago>>The assumption that government should fix everything is selfish and lazy. It absolves us of personal responsibility. It's also unreasonable to think everyone that's in a difficult situation got there by their own mistakes and have the ability to get out without help.
- icebraining 11y agoI'm not sure that's what treerock meant, but I think it absolves us of the personal responsibility of helping others.