Conservatives, if you lost your home and all assets today, would you rely on Dem programs to recover?

Question

If not, how would you get buy without a big government to save you?

I'm not a liberal...and I know about home owners insurance...the point of the question is to have you all answer how you'd recover using your own hard work, talent, and wits. Sorry about using buy insead of by...must have been thinking of what my wife likes to do while typing the question ;)

Answer 1

No, I would not. I have been in that position, and all big government did for me was to tell me why I couldn't do it on my own, and interfere when I did. I built out a shed so that I could live in it with my children, and I worked, relying on the largess of neighbors to get me there. Hard work is still rewarded, and you can survive if you work at it. By the way, when you do, your children are much better prepared to do it on their own too.

Answer 2

Our home car and everything we own is very well insured. I believe we know where our priorities lie. We would not need the government to bail us out. We also have wonderful friends and family. I believe personally the greatest loss woulfd be of the personal things that cannot be replaced by insurance or government programs.
However, if folks were in a terrible state of things, I believe they should get a hand up! You never know when or how misfortune may befall.

Answer 3

I only keep my money in insured banks, and with few exceptions (401k, IRA) in Federally insured funds. My home and vehicles are insured (I pay for it), my wife and I work full time and have health insurance (we also pay premiums for that and co-pays). We have worked hard to get to where we are. No government aid programs, no welfare, no free-bees at all. We did not get here overnight. We worked hard in school and college (no gov aid), worked hard to improve our job skills, diversified our qualifications as to be employable in various jobs to be more recession proof. Not all are dream jobs but they will keep the bills paid and a roof over our heads. If something were to happen to cause me to loose my home and assets today with the various insurance coverages unable to recover or replace anything, my guess is that the Democratic Programs would not be worth the 20 millions pages of paper they are written on. When the occasional freezing rain storm threatens, I prepare with kerosene space heaters, and plenty of water (I have a well).

PS. I don't live in tornado, hurricane, flood, wild fire, or mudslide area. It's rare we get more than a foot total of snow in a year.

Answer 4

None. The facts clearly show that the majority of the entitlement programs in this country are driving this nation down a financial path similar to England, France, Greece, and more. The facts clearly show that irresponsible spending by the federal government on social entitlements have played a significant role in those nations financial troubles. Those governments were then forced to cut back on programs, raise retirement ages to a public that then rioted and caused significant damage to private citizens businesses. It is not the role of the government to build and maintain a welfare state.

Answer 5

Are you kidding? Of course not. First of all, you're assuming that I'm too frickin' stupid to not have taken any preventative measures. I realize that's what the left does, but over here on the right..we do things a little differently. Just the other day, I heard on the radio some "expert" talk about how the foreclosure issue was only going to get worse when 2008 ends because alot of folks with have to pay the piper at that time when their ARMS are adjusted. Here's the thing that libs can't understand..If you know, that in 14 months from now, you won't be able to afford your mortgage payment....why in the hell do you wait until then to figure out what you will do.

Answer 6

We all have the same right to whatever government aid is available, and that aid doesn't come exclusively from Democrats. The fact is that more aid is available because of generally higher taxes imposed on the so-called "rich" conservatives.

Do you know any reason why a conservative shouldn't apply for unemployment benefits when he's out of a job?

Answer 7

First of all, people will get by not get buy. People who bought homes that were out of their price range should not depend on the government to bail them out on it. At the same time, conservatives do not oppose all government, we typically support TRUE safety net programs.
Having said that, there are plenty of things that need to change in the US (and they arent new problems) that both parties are failing to address properly because everything is about the game of politics and who can come up with the catchiest jingle to lure in the lemmings to vote.

Answer 8

No, I would have the insurance that I PAID for in case that happened. In addition, my liquid assets could cover me as well. I'm 25, came from a poor family, went to college and got a job and provided for myself.

Please stop acting like we NEED these programs because "people can't do it".

"Starvation is a great motivator" -Me

Answer 9

Pretty hypothetical question. Very few people have lost everything in a day. One should have insurance for things that need to be protected.

An example of how this could happen would be helpful.

Answer 10

I'm a Libertarian, and I've actually been through this once.

Relying on the "Democrat" programs (most of which we would not have without strong "Republican" support) would have ensured I stayed right where I was after the great disaster. I recovered because I found someone whom I could truly rely on, to whom it was really important to that I recover.

Me.