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6. why not just
Fri May 13, 2016, 05:36 PM
May 2016

sell childless people into slavery?

What do you think? Good/bad idea?

That, after all, is the basic principle behind slavery - you work, I eat.

Or in this case, I work, and people with kids get free sh*t.

Oh, yes, I know there are "social benefits" so the free sh*t that they get will trickle down to me, somehow.

You know what else benefits society? Cutting grass. So how about people with kids, who already get cheaper utilities, cheaper trash pick up, cheaper water (all of which is subsidized by the higher rates I pay) and get paid more for doing the same job (for example, my employer will pay $737.76 a month for health insurance for a single person, pay $1,027 a month for a couple, and $1,135.80 for a family, meaning my coworkers with kids basically get paid an extra $400 a month for doing the exact same job) - how about THEY pay ME to cut my own grass? After all, their kids will benefit from the increased property values and having fewer snakes and woodchucks around. Don't be self centered and selfish now, give me my free sh*t.

Or, maybe one of their kids should have to do it - for free, to compensate for all the free sh*t they are getting from me. I should at least get free medical care for my dogs or something.

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