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And there it is. The bottom line of all of this.
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"We can't let these people run their own lives and make their own choices. They can't handle it! They're just not as smart as we are!"

We used to hear that about other people back around the time of the Civil War.

So we need to turn over our lives to politicians who are not only no smarter than anyone else, but arguably a lot more stupid on the average and in some cases, actually delusional. Do you really want to hold up the political class right now as a sterling example of how to handle finances?

There will always be people who can't take care of themselves. That's why they have families. That's why they have communities. That's why they have charities, and programs at local and state levels to take care of people who can't possibly do it themselves.

Your "guy down the street" is a tiny minority of Americans, and even he is being protected by his family. I see no reason all of us need to be the property of the State just because of them.

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