[ SECRET POST #2148 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2148 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

But who are you to say that spending years in school and building your career is any harder work than a janitor (or coal miner, or factory worker) who does an immense amount of regular physical labor, is injured or has their job eliminated by cost-cutting measures, and has retire or to enter a workforce he or she is 30 years behind in training for? Is it really that much to ask that such a person get some help while they readjust to the job market? And who are you to say what applies w/r/t keeping society functioning? Maybe making sure people aren't dying of hunger in the streets is a part of that. Maybe giving some of those misplaced workers training (another part of this terrible "redistribution" the government does) is a part of that too.

Look, if we're getting personal here, my parents are well into upper middle class, and were able to pay for my college education on their own. I was able to find a decent paying job straight out, which I left after saving up enough to go to law school; all things that would have been a lot harder (as in, requiring a lot more hard work) if I'd come from a lower income background, and a lot less likely. I've worked hard, but I know people who've worked ten times harder and will never make what I will, because market economies aren't all about hard work; they're about hard work that's in demand. Which I don't, per se, have a problem with: there's absolutely nothing wrong with making money, even outrageous amounts of money, if the service you provide is really that much in demand. But I also think it's not unreasonable to expect that you should give a little back to the society that's allowed you to make that kind of money, because in a service economy, you're serving people. CEO of Walmart's rich because a lot of people who make way less than him buy his stuff, and so on.

And for what it's worth? I love paying my taxes. Because I'll never be out on the frontlines of a war, but I respect the people who're willing to defend our nation, and the least I owe them is a decent wage and safety net when they come back, plus the same protections for their families and their children; I'll never be out there paving roads myself, but I do sure like my roads paved; and I may personally never have been poor, but that's a matter of luck, because my skills are market-compatible, so I believe in giving people who aren't that fortunate some help (and at my most pragmatic, that's so they won't end up on the streets and/or robbing people out of desperation). Every school I've ever gone to has been a public one, and my education has been amazing, so I believe every student out there deserves that much. These are values I hold, and as an American citizen, even if I disagree with some aspects of public policy, it's a freakin' honor for me to contribute to a country that's given me so much. So don't tell me about screaming bloody murder if I were asked to pay more myself; I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[(Anonymous)]

DA, here. I think I love you.

[(Anonymous)]

Aw, shucks.

I just kind of feel bad about hijacking a secret that was totally not about this. Secret!OP, if you're getting notifications on all of this, I'm sorry :(

[(Anonymous)]

It's sad, but sometimes, this kind of eloquent smack down is just what's needed.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Damn. You rock, anon.