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What happened to the Family Unit as it once was?
Family used to spend time together as a... FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was celebrating something, they celebrated it with FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was mourning something, they mourned it with FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was having a hard time with something, they had FAMILY support...
If someone in the FAMILY was unable to work and support themselves, FAMILY stepped in and helped and supported them...
The list goes on, Folks...
But, today, in far too many cases, family is no longer that way... they're not there for each other... they're not there with each other... and far too many people rely on the Gov't (the hard-working taxpayer like me!!!) to support them...
I have heard it too many times, "Why should I get insurance through my job when the government insurance is free?" or, "Why should I work? I make more money staying home and collecting welfare?"
Damn it, Folks, it NOT FREE! Someone has to pay for it! And, that's me and others like me... the hard-working stiff who pays exorbitant amounts of taxes, which pays for those who wrongfully sit at home sucking down welfare and other government hand-outs... and the rare time when I, Joe Taxpayer, need some help, I can't get it (not that I have even tried, but I've heard far too often the horror stories of those who do and have worked hard all their lives, and when an unfortunate situation happens and they do need a little help, they couldn't get it)...
And what our elderly? They shouldn't have to worry about anything when they retire... they've worked hard all their lives...
I could go on and on and on and on and on... This topic pisses me right the f*** off... I work hard and have since I was a kid... I take care of my own...
Family used to spend time together as a... FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was celebrating something, they celebrated it with FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was mourning something, they mourned it with FAMILY...
If someone in the FAMILY was having a hard time with something, they had FAMILY support...
If someone in the FAMILY was unable to work and support themselves, FAMILY stepped in and helped and supported them...
The list goes on, Folks...
But, today, in far too many cases, family is no longer that way... they're not there for each other... they're not there with each other... and far too many people rely on the Gov't (the hard-working taxpayer like me!!!) to support them...
I have heard it too many times, "Why should I get insurance through my job when the government insurance is free?" or, "Why should I work? I make more money staying home and collecting welfare?"
Damn it, Folks, it NOT FREE! Someone has to pay for it! And, that's me and others like me... the hard-working stiff who pays exorbitant amounts of taxes, which pays for those who wrongfully sit at home sucking down welfare and other government hand-outs... and the rare time when I, Joe Taxpayer, need some help, I can't get it (not that I have even tried, but I've heard far too often the horror stories of those who do and have worked hard all their lives, and when an unfortunate situation happens and they do need a little help, they couldn't get it)...
And what our elderly? They shouldn't have to worry about anything when they retire... they've worked hard all their lives...
I could go on and on and on and on and on... This topic pisses me right the f*** off... I work hard and have since I was a kid... I take care of my own...
And, again, while I know there are some people out there who truly need the help, there are a lot out there who do make the choice to sit home on welfare, public assistance, public insurance...
An example I know of first hand: An employee refuses to get the health insurance through her job and uses the public health insurance. Why? From her own mouth: "Why should I pay for my insurance when I can get it for free?" She's been told many times that it isn't free... that we the taxpayer pays for it and pays for every time she uses the public health insurance.
Another case I know of fist hand: A healthy, very smart individual who is fully capable of working refused the chance to get a job complete with pay check, health insurance for him and his family, life insurance, paid time off, etc. Why? Out of his own mouth: "I make more money staying home collecting welfare, public assistance programs, and public health insurance. It's easier, too! And, I get to work under the table, besides."
For some of us who have to live far from our families for numerous reasons, we make families where we live . My neighbors and their children are our family. Other friends are our family. My family of origin still exists, but I can't always travel to be at their events because they are 1500 miles away.
And Big Bad John gets into it simpler yet covers more examples of things that impact and degrade the family unit...
Drugs
government
lack of parents control
media
wars
fear
break down of religion
SCHOOLS
gaming
both parents working and no one there
lack of love
divorce
no jobs
inflation
housing
money(lack of)
all the above and more
Everyone is so hard to stay alive and have a roof over their head and food on the table that the family values have changed.
The "unit" and love still exists in plenty of families. But how about the fact that it takes way more money to survive now than it did in the 50s and 60s. If parents have to work longer hours and both have to work to survive, then what can we really expect. Sorry, that is not because of taxes... they have gone DOWN since then. It is inflation and the need for "more".
It is also a resistance to change our way of life that may not work any more. It did once upon a time. Manufacturing jobs, farming, etc have been evolving and are different now. People rarely talk about how automation is what put many people out of work. While that increased profits for businesses (who supposedly create more jobs) it crushed the labor force. Then you have the incessant need/drive for instant wealth and huge growth. Big business cares about one thing, profit. Rather than rely on steady small increases they jump for the next big idea that will make them huge profits quickly. That sends them overseas to exploit labor and natural recourses where they can get them for pennies on the dollar compared to here. Plus they can pollute with minimal penalties... if any. Most don't consider (or give a s__t) about the long te...
The "unit" and love still exists in plenty of families. But how about the fact that it takes way more money to survive now than it did in the 50s and 60s. If parents have to work longer hours and both have to work to survive, then what can we really expect. Sorry, that is not because of taxes... they have gone DOWN since then. It is inflation and the need for "more".
It is also a resistance to change our way of life that may not work any more. It did once upon a time. Manufacturing jobs, farming, etc have been evolving and are different now. People rarely talk about how automation is what put many people out of work. While that increased profits for businesses (who supposedly create more jobs) it crushed the labor force. Then you have the incessant need/drive for instant wealth and huge growth. Big business cares about one thing, profit. Rather than rely on steady small increases they jump for the next big idea that will make them huge profits quickly. That sends them overseas to exploit labor and natural recourses where they can get them for pennies on the dollar compared to here. Plus they can pollute with minimal penalties... if any. Most don't consider (or give a s__t) about the long term effects because they are NOT people. There nature is psychopathic/destructive.
Fortunately there are some businesses who know better.
Yeah... some people take advantage of welfare... just look at the oil companies who reap major profits every year... the most ever in recent years, yet they still receive corporate
welfare.
Oh yeah... This could go on and on. By the way. I sit down to dinner with my daughter each night she is with me. I am involved in her life. She is 8. She has no cell phone and no video game toys that she gets lost in. We don't have pay TV and she watches movies once or twice a week. That's it. Fortunately my ex wife is on the same page.
What bothers me most about the conservative attacks on poor people is the notion that people are only poor by choice, that people who receive government assistance do so because they choose not to be self reliant, and that they would rather stay home and wait for a check than go out and do something productive to earn a salary. These days, the main reason most people are unemployed is that there are no jobs. That's what makes the conservative views all the more hypocritical and empty. They condemn the poor for being poor, but then block anything that might help them to help themselves. It's kind of like a conservative shooting someone and then blaming them for getting blood on the floor.
I don't blame the one's that legitimately need the help... it's the far too many that DO CHOOSE to sponge off the system...
And, I blame the ones who, several decades ago, started asking the system to step in and take care of the family, yet when the government did, they bitched because the government was interfering too much.. that's when the Family Unit started deteriorating... Family Values went out the window... with the attitude of "it takes a village" rather than "it takes a family"...
I agree that there are some who choose to sponge off the system. I tend to think that number is pretty small, but there's really no way to accurately measure something like that. I think the best thing to do would be to create enough jobs in this country for everyone to have one. Then we would KNOW that the only people not earning something are the ones who choose not to. I think that in part motivates the conservatives obsession with blocking job creation. Without doing so, they can pretend that ANYONE receiving public assistance is a "sponge".