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Originally posted by bilmore
Read more carefully.
As I said, I participate in, and buy into, such policy, supporting those programs, as well as charitable stuff. My beef was with the philosophy that holds it to be, not a mark of my social conscience, but my moral obligation to do so. Remember, I was objecting to the phrase "my share of the burden". I think it's fair to call it charity. It's not my burden.
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This would be a much more compelling argument if you had read the original post closely enough to realize that this makes you sound like a complete bigotted ass.
The "burden" is not tax and spend social services. The "burden" to be born is to [GASP! THE HORROR] accept Section 8 vouchers. Yes, that's right, to take money FROM the government.
I realize this is asking too much already, so it's hardly worth mentioning the real long term solution: intellegently designing communities such that they provide for a variety of income levels in close proximity, such that the guy who cuts your lawn (or for that matter, teaches your kid) can live close enough to work that he can spend some time enriching his life (say through education) rather than commuting.
But no. You and your NIMBY bretheren can't be in the same proximity with the unwashed masses. It's not your "burden." It's enough to perform the charity of letting them through the gates to clean your house.
