Comments on: Quotes Of The Day http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/11/10/quotes-of-the-day-13/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: n.n http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/11/10/quotes-of-the-day-13/comment-page-1/#comment-39416 n.n Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:55:18 +0000 http://www.black-and-right.com/?p=29808#comment-39416 Igor: I agree with the first part and the addendum. Ironically, so does Obama. <i>“I think the general broad principle is simply that people who are paying for their health insurance aren't subsidizing folks who simply choose not to until they get sick and then suddenly they expect free health insurance. That's -- that's basic concept of responsibility that I think most Americans abide by,” Mr. Obama said, “penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system and force others to pay for their health insurance.”</i> -- abcnews.com I wonder if the Obama followers are paying attention to their leader's remarks. I further wonder if Obama is paying attention to his own remarks. Does he realize that even in a so-called equal outcome system, the free market, with its governing principles of supply and demand, rule. Does he also realize that such systems are composed of "elites" and their supporters who are separate and unequal from the rest of the population. Would people prefer that a few "elites" determine their fate, rather than the population as a whole. It would seem that Obama does not believe in involuntary exploitation, but his actions would indicate otherwise. Igor:

I agree with the first part and the addendum. Ironically, so does Obama.

“I think the general broad principle is simply that people who are paying for their health insurance aren’t subsidizing folks who simply choose not to until they get sick and then suddenly they expect free health insurance. That’s — that’s basic concept of responsibility that I think most Americans abide by,” Mr. Obama said, “penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system and force others to pay for their health insurance.”
– abcnews.com

I wonder if the Obama followers are paying attention to their leader’s remarks. I further wonder if Obama is paying attention to his own remarks. Does he realize that even in a so-called equal outcome system, the free market, with its governing principles of supply and demand, rule. Does he also realize that such systems are composed of “elites” and their supporters who are separate and unequal from the rest of the population. Would people prefer that a few “elites” determine their fate, rather than the population as a whole. It would seem that Obama does not believe in involuntary exploitation, but his actions would indicate otherwise.

]]> By: Igor http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/11/10/quotes-of-the-day-13/comment-page-1/#comment-39412 Igor Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:09 +0000 http://www.black-and-right.com/?p=29808#comment-39412 <blockquote>But as long as some of our fellow citizens believe they’re getting something for free But as long as some of our fellow citizens believe they’re getting something for free they also believe they rightly deserve, that doesn’t matter., that doesn’t matter.</blockquote> ...and therein lies the problem. The part that is troubling about this statement, <i> they also believe they rightly deserve</i>, is what is <b>really</b> causing the pain. We are all a nation of me-me-me now, with no thought or regard to you-you-you. Both Rush and Glenn have done a good job of pointing this out, and Glenn even went so far as to state that "...this generation will kill us!" Referring, of course, to the "now" generation's we-want-it-now-and damn-the-consequences that has swept the country. We lost God, and now our moral compass is broken. This Congress is a prime example. Me-me-me and screw you. The rules don't apply to me, *I* make the rules. Re-elect NOBODY! Igor (Okay, a bit extreme, there are at least 10 people worth keeping in the fever swamp we call the District of Criminals...)

But as long as some of our fellow citizens believe they’re getting something for free But as long as some of our fellow citizens believe they’re getting something for free they also believe they rightly deserve, that doesn’t matter., that doesn’t matter.

…and therein lies the problem.

The part that is troubling about this statement, they also believe they rightly deserve, is what is really causing the pain. We are all a nation of me-me-me now, with no thought or regard to you-you-you. Both Rush and Glenn have done a good job of pointing this out, and Glenn even went so far as to state that “…this generation will kill us!” Referring, of course, to the “now” generation’s we-want-it-now-and damn-the-consequences that has swept the country.

We lost God, and now our moral compass is broken. This Congress is a prime example. Me-me-me and screw you. The rules don’t apply to me, *I* make the rules.

Re-elect NOBODY!

Igor

(Okay, a bit extreme, there are at least 10 people worth keeping in the fever swamp we call the District of Criminals…)

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