Originally Posted by
NoSavingByTheBell
Its a shame there's no balance between things, where we could redistribute wealth to a certain degree in order to alleviate the pain and suffering of so many people who through no fault of their own are in very, very bad health or situations, and just that little bit more of "socialism" for lack of a better term at the moment could really alleviate alot of pain and suffering for so so many. Im not for going into Bill Gates' bank accounts and saying hey, fuck-face, gimme 20 billion big ones so I can re-build downtown LA, not like that extreme or drastic, but surely there has to be a way regardless of tags like "socialism" or "communism" which immediately label those kinds of actions and turn people off (and in many cases rightfully so), so that people can live with more dignity who need it. Its not always about picking yourself up by your bootstraps and stiff upper lip and rugged individualism, as nice as all that sounds, (and alot of it makes good sense), but in most 1st world countries the healthcare is much better and there is far FAR less homelessness, etc. than in the US. So no I dont want Bolshevism (loved Dr Zhivago though as a movie) but those who have $50,000,000,000 sitting in accounts and more private jets and yachts than you can count should try and help out a bit more.