I used to be an extremely conservative person who believed that, since I was able to pull myself up by my bootstraps - everyone should be able to do that. I was wrong about that. Not everyone is as smart or as capable as I am. Not everyone has the tenacity I have. It has taken me a lifetime to learn that I am different. I cannot expect of others what I demand of myself.
I am a better person now. So I pay lots of taxes I don't directly benefit from. I no longer mind. I want our country to stay healthy and for everyone to have the best primary and secondary education that they can have. I am more compassionate about the plight of people that started off poor like I did, but who are not able to do what I did. Because they are not me. A good secondary education will help to identify students who should pursue non-college vocations and those that should.
For me - this is an affluent country - and the only affluent country in the world that does not provide healthcare to its citizens. So whether Quindon needs it (RIGHT NOW) or not - I want him to have it too. Because he says he has a child - and if that child, heaven forbid, gets childhood leukemia - I don't want that child kicked off of the catastrophic plan Quindon says he was happy with before the ACA - as often happened pre-ACA when you got sick on your plan. And I don't want that child to reach the policy limit and be covered no longer.
It is easy to say now that you are young and healthy and don't need a fancy plan that covers things - you might not always be. And maybe it is the wisdom of my age that has taught me that.
There is a serious divide in this country. There are some who feel like everyone is on their own and should pay their own way and have total personal freedom. Except they don't mind several forms of their independent freedom being taken away - just the ite de jour.
I used to be an extremely conservative person who believed that, since I was able to pull myself up by my bootstraps - everyone should be able to do that. I was wrong about that. Not everyone is as smart or as capable as I am. Not everyone has the tenacity I have. It has taken me a lifetime to learn that I am different. I cannot expect of others what I demand of myself.
I am a better person now. So I pay lots of taxes I don't directly benefit from. I no longer mind. I want our country to stay
healthy safe and for everyone to have
the best primary and secondary education that they can have sound sleep knowing they are safe from terrorists. I am more compassionate about the plight of people that
started off poor like I did, but who are not able to do what I did. Because they are not me. were murdered on 9/11.
A good secondary education will help to identify students who should pursue non-college vocations and those that should. Everyone deserves to life to their full potential without being cut-short at the hands of fanatics.
For me - this is an affluent country - and the only affluent country in the world that does not provide healthcare to its citizens. So whether Quindon needs it (RIGHT NOW) or not - I want him to have it too. Because he says he has a child - and if that child, heaven forbid, gets childhood leukemia - I don't want that child kicked off of the catastrophic plan Quindon says he was happy with before the ACA - as often happened pre-ACA when you got sick on your plan. And I don't want that child to reach the policy limit and be covered no longer. Our country doesn't currently take the steps it needs to secure our safety, we fight with one hand behind our backs by not allowing effective torture techniques and allowing people who come from countries that promote terrorism to immigrate here.
It is easy to say
now that you are young and healthy and don't need a fancy plan that covers things - you might not always be. we need to stick to laws and principles when you haven't been personally attacked. And maybe it is the wisdom of my age that has taught me that.
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2 sides of the same coin - Gov't is not the only answer.