Derideo_Te
Je Suis Charlie
- Mar 2, 2013
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America is the most charitable nation in the world yet we rely on the government collected taxes to support our citizens.
Maybe its time we all recognized that we need to fix the USA before we try to feed and clothe the worlds poor and hungry.
Charity does begin at home. Unfortunately we live in a period of self perceived entitlement that is as pervasive amongst the 1% as it is at all other levels of society. I recall Suze Orman answering a question about paying taxes on the sale of a 2nd property. She said something to the effect that those taxes are a small price to pay for the the opportunity to make that profit.
If we are going to have policies that mean there will be more children around then we need to be willing to do what is right by them as far as food, shelter, education and opportunity are concerned. We owe them their birthright and should be unselfish when it comes to providing it.
There should rightly be no obligation of the general public to feed and care for any child not a ward of the state. There is no birthright to food, shelter or education beyond that already prescribed by law. The public owes nothing to anyone.
Surely if the "general public" is demanding that these helpless infants be given the "right to life" doesn't the same "general public" have an obligation to ensure that these helpless infants aren't neglected and left to starve to death?
The responsibility for having a child extends until they reach adulthood. If the "pro-life" legislation is responsible for these children being given "Life" then it has imposed a responsibility on the "general public" to ensure that they have "Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" too.
That is what is meant by the "unintended tax consequences" in the OP.