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Originally Posted by Antithesis
I don't understand how you are making the leap from me saying "some people can not afford an increase in their taxes" to "poor people can steal stuff because they can't afford to buy it." I know that you aren't saying that this is my argument, but the two things are completely unrelated.
A person could agree with you full well that murderers and sexual offenders need to be put in prison for life all they want, but anyone, given the choice between providing for their family and paying more in taxes to keep people in jail, will choose their family. It has nothing to do with agreement with any one group on this issue.
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And you will also find in our society that those who can afford it the least, give the most because they are principled people with a conscience. I know what you are getting at however. But at the same time, for the desperate poor out there, most programs that require an increase in taxes will not affect them.
Isn't that why a lot of people grumble so much? Saying those people (meaning the poor) contribute nothing towards most programs but yet are the same ones who use the services of those programs. In other words, they put nothing in, but take the most out? It is not so much a matter of money as it is having a social conscience, and no matter what your wealth or lack of wealth, you are willing to help your fellow man and make this a safer country.
And should those of us, who are more comfortable than others, not be willing to help those who don't have many choices in life? So then should we not be willing to shoulder more of the cost that might be associated with keeping violent offenders behind bars for longer periods of time? Like I say, it is all about having a social conscience.