PlottChaser
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Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pinckneyville, IL
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I agree and disagree with the text.
I can't stand that the whole world hates America until they have a natural disaster and then they come running to us for help and cuss us when we don't send enough or send it fast enough. It's kind of like the old saying, "Everybody hates a redneck until they need their car fixed!"
But I disagree with the text because, and I'll probably get crucified for this, our gov't doesn't need to be giving handouts to our own people either. The US was built by strong, independent individuals who didn't want anything from any gov't but to stay out of their way. Seems like nowadays, people are looking to gov't to give them everything and fix all their problems, instead of working hard to fix it themselves. That makes us weak and dependent instead of strong and independent!
Now I do believe that we as Americans should be more willing to help each other out than we are, but just don't look to the gov't for it. Now to the specific examples on here of people getting screwed, those suck and I hope everything works out for you guys. When someone pays into insurance, it should pay back when something comes up. And when your house is damaged, your neighbors ought to help. But lets leave the gov't out of it, tell them to get out of our way and let us get on with living our lives.
Sorry it got so long, just been thinking a lot about this kind of stuff lately.
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