From: maedhros@yabbs
To: laelth@yabbs
Subject: re:  The U.S. Government
Date: Sat Jan 29 14:20:00 1994

Well, personally I'd say I'm neither.  I'm definately not blowing hot air: 
simply because I really don't care if my beliefs fit the status quo, or if 
anyone else agrees with me (initially :-).  Also I'm definately not 
hypocritical.  I've been eligible for both Medicare and Unemployment in 
the past, and I've flat out refused it.  The government has enough debt 
without me whinning to it.
  While I agree that, yes, the government shouldn't have their hands tied, 
I believe it's growing to big for its own or our good.  The one thing the 
Federal government has shown itself incapable of doing is downsizing.  It 
just keeps growing and growing, finding new areas of life to control.
  As far as my personal beliefs on charity and that of our generation, I 
believe my opinion was a bit misinterpreted.  I mentioned that our 
generation seems to prefer to work on a micro scale.  I didn't however, 
mean to insinuate that our generation is uniformely charitable.  My point 
was mored along the lines that I don't think the Federal government has a 
right to tell me who to support.  If I feel like being charitable, I will. 
 If I don't, I won't.  I just don't take the socialistic view you present 
which seems to imply I have a moral imperitive to help others.  If I fall 
down, I feel its an individual's choice whether or not they want to help 
me up.  I don't think the police have the right to incarcerate someone if 
they choose to simply walk on by (ZI mean this example metaphorically, of 
course).
  I do believe in anarchy to a certain extent.  I think the government 
should insure that I don't hurt anyone, but I don't think they should have 
the right to tell me who I should be nice to or give aid to.

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