Re: Make America great - for everybody!
If you want it enough? Nope. I'm sure you probably did work hard, I don't doubt that at all.
But that statement reeks of ableism and privilege so bad. I've worked really hard with very little support, and barely get what I need for my family, let alone myself, and most definitely not what I want. I know people who spend their whole lives working, only to get nowhere because they don't have the luck in their favor, or are able to meet the one person they need in order to make a good connection.
I'm so sick of the "welfare queens" myth that people continue to scream about when talking about government assistance. I can't count the number of times I've heard "Oh, but look, they have <insert nice item>, they shouldn't be spending their money on that thing!" When a)it was theirs before they were on assistance, b)someone gave it to them as a gift, or c)they did buy it with their money from their job because even poor people deserve nice things in their life to make them happy.
I'm fine with my taxes going towards the huge majority of people who don't have a good enough job to feed themselves or their families, because I recognize that there are people who work harder than me and people who are smarter and more deserving of something than me, but I am the one blessed with the combination of a good job, good luck, and good health to be able to live decently.
Also, from the way I understand how Iris and Danie put it, the 50% taxes goes to other people in *different stages of life*. So it benefits a variety of people who *are not at the same level* as the people who pay. It benefits college students so they *CAN* focus on education and become successful, and it benefits people who cannot find a job that works for their life, and it benefits people who are ill or disabled in some aspect so that everyone has the chance to have a great quality of life.
To sum up: Even if (the general) you work hard, you may one day need assistance, not everyone is as lucky as you are, even if you don't consider yourself lucky.
Originally posted by DragonsFriend
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But that statement reeks of ableism and privilege so bad. I've worked really hard with very little support, and barely get what I need for my family, let alone myself, and most definitely not what I want. I know people who spend their whole lives working, only to get nowhere because they don't have the luck in their favor, or are able to meet the one person they need in order to make a good connection.
I'm so sick of the "welfare queens" myth that people continue to scream about when talking about government assistance. I can't count the number of times I've heard "Oh, but look, they have <insert nice item>, they shouldn't be spending their money on that thing!" When a)it was theirs before they were on assistance, b)someone gave it to them as a gift, or c)they did buy it with their money from their job because even poor people deserve nice things in their life to make them happy.
I'm fine with my taxes going towards the huge majority of people who don't have a good enough job to feed themselves or their families, because I recognize that there are people who work harder than me and people who are smarter and more deserving of something than me, but I am the one blessed with the combination of a good job, good luck, and good health to be able to live decently.
Also, from the way I understand how Iris and Danie put it, the 50% taxes goes to other people in *different stages of life*. So it benefits a variety of people who *are not at the same level* as the people who pay. It benefits college students so they *CAN* focus on education and become successful, and it benefits people who cannot find a job that works for their life, and it benefits people who are ill or disabled in some aspect so that everyone has the chance to have a great quality of life.
To sum up: Even if (the general) you work hard, you may one day need assistance, not everyone is as lucky as you are, even if you don't consider yourself lucky.
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