Comments on: Enabling http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/3105/enabling/ We put the REAL back in Real Estate Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trish http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/3105/enabling/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 Trish Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:43:29 +0000 http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/?p=3105#comment-1416 Fortunately for me, I am able to see the good things our government provides to its citizens. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness through education and equal opportunity. Despite these opportunities, I still question the long-term mentality of entitlement that we have created with some of our well-intentioned programs. I am a Democrat at heart and yet I sometimes wonder what Roosevelt would say about our social security system. What Kennedy would say about our welfare programs. I am the first person to help someone who honestly and earnestly needs a hand. But I find it very sad to witness third generation welfare recipients and citizens who demand their "fair share" of freebies when they do not contribute to the greater good of our country. Personally I'd like to see us bring back the CCC, refuse welfare to any able-bodied person under 40 who can work an honest day's labor, penalize contractors who hire illegal workers and give them incentives to hire welfare recipients instead. We won't let our banks fail because they shore up an entire economy that requires constant growth in order to stay afloat, yet we'll allow citizens to fail by offering them credit that they cannot possibly afford and then protect them from foreclosure when that's the natural consequence of bad decisions. Perhaps we could start teaching our children economics again...real economics based on earning money, doing without and saving up for what they want. I applaud this administration's efforts to reign in the banking industry's high-risk loans, control credit card company interest rate fee schedules and provide economic stimulus to the housing industry. I only wish we could extend that level of control to reduce spending for those who do not contribute to our country's growth (including military spending to countries with whom we will never recoup benefits.) In a nutshell, I wish that we could provide assistance to people in a way that helps them help themselves to rise from poverty instead of continuing their dependence on our hand-outs. If we could solve that problem, we could see REAL change in our country. I also wish we could reign in the pharmaceutical companies who have created an entire generation of Americans who are convinced that if they fail at anything it must be because they have some illness. Can't pay attention? You must be ADHD. Can't focus? You need Ginko Biloba. Everything has become a disorder and as long as we see ourselves as sick the modern conclusion has become that we are no longer responsible for our bad behavior. It's a sad state of affairs when 27 million Americans take anti-depressants, a statistic that doubled over a 10-year period. Americans don't need anti-depressants. We need anti-oppresants. We need encouragement to work hard, incentives to save money and tax incentives to bring back industry rather than outsourcing it. More than my two cents worth of soap box. Fortunately for me, I am able to see the good things our government provides to its citizens. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness through education and equal opportunity.
Despite these opportunities, I still question the long-term mentality of entitlement that we have created with some of our well-intentioned programs. I am a Democrat at heart and yet I sometimes wonder what Roosevelt would say about our social security system. What Kennedy would say about our welfare programs. I am the first person to help someone who honestly and earnestly needs a hand. But I find it very sad to witness third generation welfare recipients and citizens who demand their “fair share” of freebies when they do not contribute to the greater good of our country. Personally I’d like to see us bring back the CCC, refuse welfare to any able-bodied person under 40 who can work an honest day’s labor, penalize contractors who hire illegal workers and give them incentives to hire welfare recipients instead.

We won’t let our banks fail because they shore up an entire economy that requires constant growth in order to stay afloat, yet we’ll allow citizens to fail by offering them credit that they cannot possibly afford and then protect them from foreclosure when that’s the natural consequence of bad decisions.

Perhaps we could start teaching our children economics again…real economics based on earning money, doing without and saving up for what they want.

I applaud this administration’s efforts to reign in the banking industry’s high-risk loans, control credit card company interest rate fee schedules and provide economic stimulus to the housing industry. I only wish we could extend that level of control to reduce spending for those who do not contribute to our country’s growth (including military spending to countries with whom we will never recoup benefits.)

In a nutshell, I wish that we could provide assistance to people in a way that helps them help themselves to rise from poverty instead of continuing their dependence on our hand-outs. If we could solve that problem, we could see REAL change in our country.

I also wish we could reign in the pharmaceutical companies who have created an entire generation of Americans who are convinced that if they fail at anything it must be because they have some illness. Can’t pay attention? You must be ADHD. Can’t focus? You need Ginko Biloba. Everything has become a disorder and as long as we see ourselves as sick the modern conclusion has become that we are no longer responsible for our bad behavior. It’s a sad state of affairs when 27 million Americans take anti-depressants, a statistic that doubled over a 10-year period.

Americans don’t need anti-depressants. We need anti-oppresants. We need encouragement to work hard, incentives to save money and tax incentives to bring back industry rather than outsourcing it.

More than my two cents worth of soap box.

]]> By: Lynn Meffert http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/3105/enabling/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Lynn Meffert Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:07:28 +0000 http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/?p=3105#comment-1415 I hope you feel that your roads, the funding for workmen's comp for the jobless in this recession, and the federal funding of medic-aid programs are worthwhile. Let's stop spending $30 billion a month on war, bring the troops home and put that money towards domestic programs that satisfy needs which our system neglects to address adequately. There are working poor who can never get out of the cycle of poverty. We are paying the lowest federal taxes ever in the last 50 years. Check out the following article: Tax Day Fact Check: Most Americans Got A Tax Cut This Year www.huffingtonpost.com Congratulations one making money this year! I know you earned it...and you were probably still able to enjoy a lifestyle that is better than average. Consider those who don't have the same abilities or opportunities, and are exploited at every turn! We have our own "Darfur" here at home... I hope you feel that your roads, the funding for workmen’s comp for the jobless in this recession, and the federal funding of medic-aid programs are worthwhile. Let’s stop spending $30 billion a month on war, bring the troops home and put that money towards domestic programs that satisfy needs which our system neglects to address adequately. There are working poor who can never get out of the cycle of poverty. We are paying the lowest federal taxes ever in the last 50 years. Check out the following article:

Tax Day Fact Check: Most Americans Got A Tax Cut This Year
http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Congratulations one making money this year! I know you earned it…and you were probably still able to enjoy a lifestyle that is better than average. Consider those who don’t have the same abilities or opportunities, and are exploited at every turn!

We have our own “Darfur” here at home…

]]> By: John Sikes http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/3105/enabling/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 John Sikes Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:43:59 +0000 http://www.thecharlestonrealestatesearch.com/?p=3105#comment-1414 Very good and well thought out article. Will share with a few friends. Thanks for enabling. Very good and well thought out article. Will share with a few friends. Thanks for enabling.

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