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Originally Posted by UncleAl
The Welfare State. Take from those who produce and give to those who do not produce because it is their "right." We will lower the average until every child is above it - American zero-goal education and "every child left behind." Health insurance that grossly rewards 80-year olds while destroying 40-year olds.
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This is an excellent post... and again, reminds me of "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I can't put into words how disgusted I am with these trends, even as they exist today - forget about the hypothetical.
This is true, though. If we were immune to consequences.... who would work? Those of us who still enjoy working? THose of us who still feel we can do what we love to do and make money doing it? WHat would happen to us? As the rest of the world decided that they would rather not work or follow any laws because they have no consequences to worry about, the remaining "producers" would become more and more bogged down being required to support everyone, that one by one they would give up or break and become like everyone else. Why bother, if they are killing themselves and getting no results, with work becoming an increasingly steeper uphill battle, supporting people who simply have no desire to work?
