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by mozumder 3834 days ago
it creates generations of people completely dependent on the government

Where are these magical people that aren't dependent on government?

Are you one of those? How do you travel? Do you build your own roads? What do you do for mail? Do you use UPS for all mail, and they use their own roads?

Did your employees learn literacy from private schools? Or did government teach them? How did they learn to follow work instructions?

I would like to find these magical people that aren't dependent on government. They sound like they are awesome people. Maybe they also have guns to defend themselves from invading armies, and have fire-proof houses?

You are dependent on government. You can ignore your ego that actively harms you by telling you that you aren't dependent on government. The quicker you learn this, the better off you will be.

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I'm receiving services in return for the incredible amount of money, in taxes, I pay into the system.

In reality, the government is dependent on me.

Our goal should be to encourage more people to be like me (pay more into the system than I will ever use) so people that truly need it can use it.

Welfare and an abundance of social programs encourages just the opposite: live on welfare and never make enough to give back into the system.

In defense of grandparent, let me point out that you ignored the adverb "completely". There is "dependent on government" and then there is "completely dependent on government".