If it should be free, then

[bootz]

but what did Obama spend on golf and dinners in NYC?

[Phaedrus]

But…but…but…whatabout Obummer?

[highroller]

Whats there to work for? Why are they working? Baby Boomers were handed a lot in their lives. Don’t believe me? Ask George Carlin! The motto of their whole generation was “Give me that! It’s MINE!!”

[once-ler]

@Nemesis

Your OP makes no sense. Who is saying they should work for free?

The hypothetical person bootz uses as a convenient prop to get his point across. No sense waiting around for a real person to actually say something to disagree with. Who has time for that?

[bootz]

as an editor i would expect you to compare data points. does trump spend more or less than other presidents?

you probably do not know.

[markdido]

@Phaedrus

But…but…but…whatabout Obummer?

But…but…but…Trump plays golf!

You really don’t understand whataboutism, do you?

[Samm]

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

[Samm]

@highroller

TLDR; Doctors and teachers work for free in Europe.

Sure they do. If some of their good hearted patients or greatfull students didn’t occasionally bring them a chicken or a couple of cabbages, they would all starve to death.

[W_and_C]

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

[Samm]

@highroller

So all those people will just do nothing and have no money? This is the same Republican bull I have heard my whole life, and I no longer believe it. You people are selling out your own country for temporary money.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, buddy.

Biden has proposed expansion of existing programs and new programs that will add about 8 trillion dollars to the budget. The Republicans may be fiscally irresponsible, but compared to the Democrats, they are misers.

[gooddad409]

@komobu

@highroller

By borrowing money, they are destroying the value of your time. You will never have the purchasing power you once did and you will have to work many more hours due to those tax cuts. One of the main drivers that have Gen Z and Millennials working less is their realization that they don’t make what their Boomer parents made in money and it’s due to the government printing money.

Like so many things that the Gen Z and the Millennials believe, they are just wrong.
If it was an issue of the govt printing money, then the currency would be worth less and they would be making the same dollars or more than the baby boomers. They are not. The reason they are not making the money that the baby boomers made is because they have an entitlement mentality and they, as a group, do not have the work ethic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZthGh758pYY

Hear! Hear! Amen!

[Samm]

@highroller

Talking point noted. You do not know any liberals or conservatives for that matter. Some of the greediest and laziest people i have met are conservatives. Some of the hardest working are conservatives. The same goes for Liberals.

“Conservatives” here in the US. in general, have looted the public treasury and voted themselves money for the last 40 years. They do not believe in paying for anything.

What Country do you live in? Conservatives have not been in charge of the purse strings in this country for 40 years.

[Samm]

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

You have an odd way to state your point then. That’s not even close to what you said.

[W_and_C]

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

You have an odd way to state your point then. That’s not even close to what you said.

Hard to believe that I need to explain this but here goes anyway - obviously taxes will pay for those things outlined in the OP as well including salaries of would-be teachers and doctors. Therefore nothing is truly free and nobody would work for free.

[Samm]

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

You have an odd way to state your point then. That’s not even close to what you said.

Hard to believe that I need to explain this but here goes anyway - obviously taxes will pay for those things outlined in the OP as well including salaries of would-be teachers and doctors. Therefore nothing is truly free and nobody would work for free.

Fine, but that’s still not what you said in the post I first responded to.

[Oldandtired]

This should be good tell me what baby boomers were given?

[W_and_C]

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

You have an odd way to state your point then. That’s not even close to what you said.

Hard to believe that I need to explain this but here goes anyway - obviously taxes will pay for those things outlined in the OP as well including salaries of would-be teachers and doctors. Therefore nothing is truly free and nobody would work for free.

Fine, but that’s still not what you said in the post I first responded to.

That was obviously sarcasm lest you think I was seriously stating that all of my national security bills have been lost in the mail by the irreparably inept Postal Service

[Samm]

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@Samm

@W_and_C

@bootz

we have no free national security.

I guess all the bills for what I owe then have been lost in the mail…damn Post Office !!!

Do you not pay income tax?

Exactly my point.

You have an odd way to state your point then. That’s not even close to what you said.

Hard to believe that I need to explain this but here goes anyway - obviously taxes will pay for those things outlined in the OP as well including salaries of would-be teachers and doctors. Therefore nothing is truly free and nobody would work for free.

Fine, but that’s still not what you said in the post I first responded to.

That was obviously sarcasm lest you think I was seriously stating that all of my national security bills have been lost in the mail by the irreparably inept Postal Service

Okay, I will buy that. However, keep in mind if you are going to be sarcastic in these Forums, given the silly crap that gets posted here as serious, it is virtually impossible to tell the difference between sarcasm and foolish remarks without the use of an appropriate emoticon.

[Phaedrus]

@markdido

You really don’t understand whataboutism, do you?

Why yes, I do. I commented that his widely touted (usually by him) $1 salary is dwarfed by the amount he has charged us for golfing damn near every weekend. A sport he said he wouldn’t be playing, because he would be working too much, unlike his predecessor.

You really don’t understand simple declarative sentences, do you?

[markdido]

And what does trhat have to do with the thread topic?

If it should be free, then

If you are a doctor and believe health care should be free, will you work for free? If you are a professor or teacher and believe education should be free, then will you work for free? If you are a corporation that believes taxes should be raised, will you lower prices?