Government Shut Down

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Here's why...

Because it is manifestly 'unfair' I can fend for myself when so many cannot.

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

How sad, then (for the incapable), that I just have to say 'NO'.

Don't want to participate? Move to the wilderness. Don't participate in any economic activity. Don't rely on emergency services, state-funded roads, or any of a number of things. You can so no, but you're just not willing to do so effectively.

Society has a cost and that cost is cooperation and mutual support. A lot of the monetary support is misapplied and a lot of our representatives and employees don't behave as I'd like, but the benefits are greater to me than the cost of cutting myself off from all of it.