Originally Posted by sperbonzo

No. You missed the point. The logic is that if we are going to have a system where a group of people can use the government to make other people to give them money by threat of violence, then there should at least be severe restrictions on what can be bought with that money. It should be restricted to only those things needed for survival. This would NOT include alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, candy, soda, movies, cable TV, etc.... Anything that does not include food, clothes, housing, health and education. Sound too onerous? I find it onerous that if people around you decide that they want to give money, they can use the force of government to take yours also. As Penn Jilette said....








...and just for the record, I give both my time and my money to several charitable causes.





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