I work for a living. I want to be able to buy insurance, as provided by my job. I don't want my ability to access insurance limited by Obama's rationing of insurance to everyone, including, as we all know and will find, illegal aliens.
You know, this paragraph very well sums up the fondamental principles of the right-wing/republican/conservative mindset. This "I work for a living" sentence highlights the underlying belief that
all non-working citizens are basically lazy or parasites.
Yep, that's the mean & nasty, right-wing, republican/neo conservative mindset alright.
But of course, once again - it's just a fallacy myth.
Many folks who work 9-5 for a living just can't bare to see 'someone' getting $$$ income support from a government agency...whether it be in the form of welfare, disability, or whatever.
The truth is - very few humans are inherently lazy...it's just not part of our natural character...or makeup. The sad fact is, that the majority of lifelong 'non-productive' individuals actually suffer from either a mental illness, psychological disorder, addiction, physical imparement...or a combination of those factors.
In every society approx 7-10% of the population will fall into this category.
But Hey, that's OK - coz it's the social responsibility (duty) of the remaining 90% or so - to take care and look after this group of unfortunate folks.
Just like any family would take care of a member who is mentally sick, disabled, or marginalized in some way.
There really aren't many people (outside of this group) who actually don't work or contribue on a regular basis - and the unemployment figures clearly support this.
Take here in Canada for example
At the moment we have a national unemployment rate of about 6.8% (which is quite an average rate for this country)....which means, that 93% of people who should be working - are doing just that. WOW, that's a 93% pass mark. That's really good, nobody can expect much better than that. IF I score 93% on an exam, I'm a happy camper. To expect 100% is simply unrealistic,and besides - who the heck want's to live in a robotic society where there is no alternative to work at all times. I don't even want 100% unemployment.
So, of that remaining 7%, at least 80% of those...fall into the above mentioned disabled group. So at best we only have about 2% of able bodied folks who are actually not working at any given time.
And out of that remaining 2%, only a small proportion are actually scamming the system and deliberately trying to avoid working. Many unemployed folks have genuinely lost there job and are activiely looking for another at any given time.
Unemployment figures often include many from the 'disabled' group...simply because they have fallen between the cracks and are not actually 'regisetred' as such...recieve no benefits, and therefore still get added to the overall unemployment numbers.
My wife & I used to feed/help a homeless guy for a few years (before he dropped dead in the park)...he'd lived in the bushes at a local park for 29 years...never collected a single welfare cheque, nor ever recieved any social support whatsoever.
Take a look at the homeless (and we have a lot here in thye city of Victoria BC because of the very mild climate)...and you will see that a good majority have mental-health issues, combined with severe substance-addiction, and there is little to no hope that they will ever return to even a remotely 'normal' way of living...simply because they do not have the capacity/ability, or supportive means to do so.
This notion...that there are loads of people out there 'deliberately' scamming the system and bilking the public out of their hard earned TAX dollars is myth created by the mean & nasty, right-wing parties who really couldn't care less about helping anyone but themselves.
KEV
