20 Feb 2012 3:48 pm
MistyBlue, on 20 February 2012 - 02:05 PM, said: I'm kind of sick of the Conservative meme that all of us Libs want the government to take care of us.This Lib has never benefited from any government program.No welfare, no Medicaid, no food stamps, no disability, no unemployment benefits, no pell grants, no nothing.Running the mail isn't a "government program"?The Post Office isn't protected from Free Market competition by federal law that makes it a serious crime to put mail in Americans' own mailbox?That takes away their choice?MistyBlue, on 20 February 2012 - 02:05 PM, said: And, even though I did pay some money into Social Security, I won't be getting any of that back when I reach 65 either, since I also payed into the CSRS for decades, and I can't get both.That's your choice, right?Why can't the rest of the country enjoy the same choices you do?Because like all liberal-left wingers, she's against most free choices. She wants Americans' lives to be run by Beltway politicians by force of federal law under penalty of fine or imprisonment.It would be fair that someone who paid into S.S. then later became ineligible should be able to get the money they paid back.She unwittingly makes our case for us.