Question for the right wingers

Your post makes a lot of sense, Yelof. Obrigada. I imagine the US must seem a very strange country to other civilized western nations. The American people seem to have no difficulty with what amounts to welfare for the rich (corporate tax dodges, tax cuts for the wealthy, frank corporate nepotism on the level of the White House), yet scream bloody murder if a senior citizen is allowed a free meal once a week at the local soup kitchen. I very much doubt if a single conservative who posts to this board can define the term "enlightened self interest." They certainly can define the terms "selfish" and "lazy," however. They are too lazy and too complacent to attempt thought "outside the box," and I believe this will bring about the downfall of this country. If you refuse to see a problem, you certainly are not going to be able to solve it. Sometimes I just want to withdraw from public dialogue altogether, turn off the news, stock pile a ton of canned goods and go become a hermit in southern New Mexico and spend the rest of my days in peaceful oblivion to what is going on in this nation and the world. But I don't really want to be a hermit, and every time I set foot on the streets of any town or city in this nation, the things I see make me sick at heart. I would lead a happier life if I could adopt a hardened "they deserve it" attitude which seems to be the mindset of so many of my fellow Americans. I really wish I didn't feel as much as I do.