<<This makes him [Ken Lay] a good stand in of government in general, they are all like that.>>
I'm kind of surprised that you can't see the difference between Ken Lay and government in general.
Do you understand that when Kenny-Boy stole money from others, he did so with the main intent of lining the pockets of, and benefitting nobody else but, Kenny-Boy himself, his friends and family? Good.
Do you understand that when "government in general" takes people's money through taxes, their main intent is to spend it (or what's left of it after the military gets whatever it needs to rob and kill millions of Third World people) on programs such as school lunches, public health, education, etc.? Good.
Are you starting to see maybe just a glimmer of difference between Ken Lay secretly stealing for his own aggrandizement and "government in general" taking money to benefit primarily people who need food, health, education? I hope so.
<<A liberals concern for the Poor causes him to want to do something effective for them with other peoples money , he has no faith in his own money.>>
Well, that's true enough. I don't expect the miracle of loaves and fishes to spring forth from the holy money that lives in my pocket. If I give my holy quarter to a beggar, I don't expect it to magnify into thousands of quarters to feed thousands of beggars because of the sanctity of my own holy persona. Only a nutball fundamentalist would have that kind of "faith in his own money," but IMHO, despite his "faith in his own money," his quarter won't go any farther than my quarter.
No, plane, my faith is in my government. I gave them my money in taxes and they gave me a health system that pays all my bills and my family's bills. And let me witness for you: that faith has been munificently repaid ten thousandfold. What I paid in taxes was a fraction of the benefits that I have received: my wife's rectal cancer removed by one of the best colorectal surgeons not only in Canada but in the whole world, a guy who lectures all over the world on his technique, and it didn't cost us a cent; continuing follow-up oncology including weekly home visits from a stoma nurse continuing to this day, and it didn't cost us a cent; haemorrhoidectomy and follow-ups, free of charge; angioplasty, follow-up treatment and therapy not costing a cent. Do I want another year of intensive cardiovascular physiotherapy? No problem, any time I do, pick up the phone, schedule it - - won't cost me a cent.
You're God-damn right I don't have any faith in the power of my own money. If I'd been forced to pay for all this on my own, I'd either be dead or bankrupt at this point in time. For sure, we'd have lost our home, as many in the U.S.A. have done, for medical costs.
I live in the real world, plane. In the real world, I pay my taxes, and my government takes care of me. I might also add the excellent University of Toronto undergraduate educations that my three kids and I have all had, courtesy of our government. We could never have paid for all of that from our own resources, or if we had managed, we'd be paying off the debt for the rest of our lives. The subways, the public parks, the marinas and the beaches - - all maintained by what? Our own money? Are you crazy? The fucking government provides ALL of that and twenty thousand times more.
I'm real sorry you don't see any difference between Ken Lay and "government in general." I just told you what "government in general" did for me. Now maybe you can tell me what Ken Lay did for me.
I'm kind of surprised that you can't see the difference between Ken Lay and government in general.
Do you understand that when Kenny-Boy stole money from others, he did so with the main intent of lining the pockets of, and benefitting nobody else but, Kenny-Boy himself, his friends and family? Good.
>>No this is not correct , he was trying to keep his empire running , if he had been trying to abscond with the money he could have left with a bindle full long before anyone knew how hollow his corp was getting. His behavior was mostly parrellel to those who are presently doing exactly the same thing in government right now proping up the Social Security administration with fancy paperwork.
Do you understand that when "government in general" takes people's money through taxes, their main intent is to spend it (or what's left of it after the military gets whatever it needs to rob and kill millions of Third World people) on programs such as school lunches, public health, education, etc.? Good.
>> No this is not correct there never has been a government that didn't have self perpetuation as a goal , for most of them it is a goal above all others.
Are you starting to see maybe just a glimmer of difference between Ken Lay secretly stealing for his own aggrandizement and "government in general" taking money to benefit primarily people who need food, health, education? I hope so.
>>> If you do not see it possible for a government to do just as wrong for just the same reasons as any corporation I know from this that you have a basic misunderstanding of one or both.
<<A liberals concern for the Poor causes him to want to do something effective for them with other peoples money , he has no faith in his own money.>>
Well, that's true enough. I don't expect the miracle of loaves and fishes to spring forth from the holy money that lives in my pocket. If I give my holy quarter to a beggar, I don't expect it to magnify into thousands of quarters to feed thousands of beggars because of the sanctity of my own holy persona. Only a nutball fundamentalist would have that kind of "faith in his own money," but IMHO, despite his "faith in his own money," his quarter won't go any farther than my quarter.
>>> Sad then that you have faith that the Government has the ability to multiply the effect of this giveing in a miraculous manner.
No, plane, my faith is in my government. I gave them my money in taxes and they gave me a health system that pays all my bills and my family's bills. And let me witness for you: that faith has been munificently repaid ten thousandfold. What I paid in taxes was a fraction of the benefits that I have received: my wife's rectal cancer removed by one of the best colorectal surgeons not only in Canada but in the whole world, a guy who lectures all over the world on his technique, and it didn't cost us a cent; continuing follow-up oncology including weekly home visits from a stoma nurse continuing to this day, and it didn't cost us a cent; haemorrhoidectomy and follow-ups, free of charge; angioplasty, follow-up treatment and therapy not costing a cent. Do I want another year of intensive cardiovascular physiotherapy? No problem, any time I do, pick up the phone, schedule it - - won't cost me a cent.
>>> That sounds good , I am nearly persuaded that the government should get involved in healthcare , but all of that care did cost some one something , shuffleing all of the cost through the government does not eleminate it.