2007-10-04 03:55:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Apparently I do need to ask based on some of the answers to my other questions!
2007-10-04 03:57:38 · update #1
Who exactly voted thumbs down on suspended????? Someone's in favor of theft????
2007-10-04 04:06:57 · update #2
Keeping what you earned isn't selfish at all, taking what someone else earned is stealing.
2007-10-04 03:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by suspendedagain300 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Wanting to keep what you earned.
Usually you take earnings to help some sector of society that is being let down by your social system and to pay for society itself (courts, roads, water, etc). You not only take other's earnings, but also your own. That's benevolence, altruism, or sound public finance, not selfishness.
The mistake almost every conservative makes is they think only THEY earned what they make. You can't earn a dime unless you live in a society. Societies create wealth, not individuals. If Bill Gates lived on an Island, he would have made exactly ZERO from selling his buggy operating system.
2007-10-04 11:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
there's a difference between what you earn and what you get but didn't earn......selfish is trying to keep what you did not earn....investors keeping money they made by manipulation, not work, not earned....CEO's who are given huge sums...as much as 500 times what their average worker makes....lawyers charging $200-$400 or more/hr......senior execs who get golden parachutes of millions of dollars......anyone who makes big bucks and produces nothing...no goods, no services.....just gaming the system.......for someone who works for a living, earns their money, produces real, needed, goods and services, I agree, they should keep the money they earn, but there are many who do not...they are the ones that make me sick....tending to be, but not exclusively, Republicans......... paying for mansions, vacations, luxury cars, etc. with wealth that was created by the rest of us who actually do the work.....why any working person supports those who protect and help the leaches with, for instance, votes for tax cuts that mostly benefit the very rich.....I'll never understand....I don't agree with Ron Paul on everything, but he's got some good points!
2007-10-04 11:18:37 · answer #3 · answered by amazed we've survived this l 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easy, wanting to take what someone else has worked for is definitely much more selfish than keeping what you worked for, just ask anyone who has been robbed.
2007-10-04 10:58:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Trying to take what others have earned is much more selfish. Most people who oppose paying more taxes are more than happy to give to charities that will use their money wisely. I compare it to my refusal to give to political parties when I can give it directly to a candidate I trust and support rather than having the party give it to their chosen one. I give my money to charities- I am able to give more because I am in the lower income brackets and thankt to GW, I pay NO FEDERAL TAX and since my state is tied to the federal tax, I pay NO STATE INCOME TAX and because my state has a stupid income sensitivity provision on property taxes, I only pay just over 50% of my property taxes- so I give the money to charity- NICE
2007-10-04 11:08:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Trying to take what someone else earned. But people use guilt tactics to make people who EARN feel bad for being successful.
2007-10-04 10:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
trying to take what someone else earned is by far more selfish.
2007-10-04 10:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by JD 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I earned it, it's mine to do with as I please. That does not at all fit the definition of selfish.
What someone else earned is theirs; wanting theirs is not only selfish, it's theft if acted upon.
2007-10-04 11:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I do not think that Republicans should be able to take what patriotic and hardworking Americans earn and give it to their friends at Haliburton.
2007-10-04 11:04:17 · answer #9 · answered by buffytou 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Democrats think you're selfish if you want to keep what you earned.
2007-10-04 11:01:22 · answer #10 · answered by nosillenhoj 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋