The Altar

I'm Daniel, I'm 16.
Episcopal. Republican. Gay. Midwest Prep.

“What matters in the end is not the years in one's life, but the life in one's years." -Abraham Lincoln

pennsylvania-avenue asked: If I may interject, with all due respect, in regards to your conversation on entitlements, while I agree that personal responsibility should definitely be at the forefront in any such discussion, I believe that many of these programs are necessary to provide a safety net. To say those receiving assistance don't work is a gross generalization. Perhaps flawed and in serious need of reform, but I believe these programs, such as student loans, Medicaid, Head Start, and veteran benefits, are vital.

Like I said, entitlement programs are a necesity, the budget we put towards them is not. Our system is in dire need of repair, inefficiency and fraud rule it. Some of the people receiving welfare are hard working Americans, sadly though, a much too large portion receiving aid, are not, the system needs to become more exclusive.

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treycollins3 asked: Couldn't agree with you more! It's repulsive how such a large portion of government spending goes to support programs like these.

Ofcourse I believe that all federal spending should be decreased, welfare would be one of the first to go.

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treycollins3 asked: What's your opinion on government entitlement programs like welfare and medicaid?

I don’t think they work. I do feel that they are necessary for certain groups, such as medicare for the uninsured, but as a whole they do not work. Since President Obama has assumed office, he has spent more money then any other previous president, and considering that those entitlement programs are not discretionary spending it is safe to assume that the budget for these programs increased. The purpose of these programs is to help the needy and get people out of poverty. While this increase in spending occured, we saw a nearly 2% increase in poverty levels in the U.S. Welfare programs don’t work, if anything, they sustain poverty. The best poverty fighting program is a job. I think we need a Federal Works Program, meaning that those qualified for certain jobs, have to work for their “welfare” money, road crews, garbage men, postal workers, of course the elderly and the disabled would be excused, but there is something morally wrong about receiving money you did not work for.

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kieljamespatrick: Anythin’ for a quiet life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

kieljamespatrick:

Anythin’ for a quiet life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

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Anonymous asked: What do you feel about communism?

Anger. What I think about communism, is that the theory of it is inhuman, impractical, and immoral. Communism in practice is the most deadly thing the world has ever had to deal with.

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Who wants to debate something? Anything.

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“Paris on the Prairie”

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There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God’s name on one’s behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D.’ Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of ‘conservatism.’

Barry Goldwater, “Mr. Conservative”, Libertarian Republican

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