Why Im no longer an ACist

[ianlippert]

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Socialists really just have to answer one question. If the main purpose of governments is to help the poor, ........

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Well that ISN'T the main purpose of govt so the rest of your "analysis" is meaningless.

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Ok thats fine, but I wish people would stop saying that we need the government to help the poor. If you support the war in Iraq or any number of other programs we 'need' the government for, then just understand that this comes at the cost of helping the poor.

The ability of governments to massively defer payments for decades gives people this false belief that the government can solve all our problems. But the government is just pushing the costs on to future generations. Its easy to want all this stuff when you dont have to pay for any of it. And when the bill finally comes due the poor and middle classes are going to be the ones that pay for it.