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By: rolfer1

rolfer1 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:53:36 +0000

Ed, et al. – WOW – you’ve never gotten anything from California? Really – is that how southerners think? Do you eat vegetables (#1 farming economy), do you own a PC (#1 tech state), do you believe in exports (#1 global commerce state)?? Never gotten anything from Cali? WOW!

By: WC Greg

WC Greg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:24:01 +0000

Human beings are like electriciaty – always choosing the path of least resistance. If you believe that you can buy a porsche and have your neighbor pay for it – most people will by the porsche. If you believe you will have to pay for it all by yourself, you will decide if the joys of the porsche outweight the pain of the high car payments.

Sometimes the way you help your neighbor is by letting them pay for the consequences of their actions. The problem becomes one of when their actions have caused the consequences to become extremely painful.

It is like kids – when you kids doesn’t study in school and is danger of failing – if you blame the teachers and threathen the school district with a law suit so they let your kids graduate – does that help your kid? What lesson do your kids learn – that they do not have to be responsible for themselves? This is a lesson almost all of us seem to need to relearn every so often.

What lesson will the politicans of California learn if we bail them out without serious pain to them?

By: catengineer

catengineer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:22:39 +0000

Yes, this has been a civil and insightful conversation. Ed I agree with you about personal vs. governmental altruism…I was just playing off your Porsche driving neighbor analogy. And for the record I believe in responsibility just as much as I believe in charity.

Ruters you’re right, this topic is getting overdone, so I’ll make my closing comment this:

America is the best place on God’s green Earth to be, and to live. We are indeed the leaders of the Free World and have a special place here (American Exceptionalism). It is my belief that we did NOT get here by NOT helping each other out and being there for each other. Community and brotherhood are key threads in the fabric of American spirit. Let’s not kick our fellow citizens while they’re down but instead help them up and do our best to keep them from falling again. God Bless you all.

By: ichy_b

ichy_b — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:54:53 +0000

catengineer

I just wanted to thank you for your voice of reason. I wholeheartedly agree with the views you’ve expressed. Bravo!

By: EdMcGon

EdMcGon — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:20:19 +0000

gnomony,
We’re having a civil discussion. It’s certainly much better than our last global warming discussion!