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In reply to the discussion: Holy Crap, Obama tape talking about Redistribution! WTF was he thinking..... [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)health care. I had a decent job to feed, clothe and shelter myself even though, making women's wages there wasn't any left over from payday to payday. However, I never resented my income and payroll taxes because I felt secure that there would be something there for me if I lost my job or fell ill and couldn't work anymore. We had better welfare and safety nets back then and even though I didn't use any of the benefits my taxes paid for, I was happy in the thought that they would be there fore me when I needed them. I never bought into the personal responsibility meme nor did any one I knew at the time whether they were Republican or Democrat. We were so secure about this that we turned our focus instead to ending the Vietnam war. We honestly never thought we would be losing those things that made our society civilized. btw We had poor people back then, but we didn't have institutionalized homelessness. Some people chose to be hobos or drop outs, but they knew they could drop back into the mainstream if they tired of it. It's not that way anymore.