Originally posted by SVTCuervo:
Originally posted by Fat Mike:
I agree. I'd rather see us spend millions of tax dollars to save a life, then spend millions to make a missle for "national defense".



God this country is so damn liberal

I feel for the guy and his family, but there is only so much you can do. Personally I don't feel that I should have to pay to have this guy live a better life to the extreme i fear it will come to. Don't get me wrong, I give to the church collection and we have like 20 of those kids you send money too in Africa and other places, but thats just how i feel.

And I don't want any of you Lefties telling me that crap like" step over the needy not on them". Don't get me started on that bull Sh$t. Thanks



See, I don't consider myself a "lefty". I'm just comparing spending $750,000 to fire a Tomahawk missile, and spending that money to keep a dude alive. I mean, hell, lets use all the weapons we have before going out and spending billions more on them. I'm not saying we should abolish national defense, I'm just saying I have no problem with some of my tax dollars going towards helping poor people with medical and health benefits. And honestly, I mean, do we really need all 50,000 of those nuclear warheads?

Also, the stories tells us that this guy has been slipping in and out of consciousness for the last 19 years - like he could respond to certain questions by nodding his head. And put yourself in the shoes of his wife or daughter - the guy gave them hope and now he is out of his coma.

I know there are a lot of people receiving welfare and other hand outs from the government, and they really don't deserve them, but still, a lot of people have no choice that life screwed them over, and I don't think we should just brush them off to the side because we have it good and we don't like paying taxes because then we can't buy new wheels for our Contours.

If you feel so strongly about having money going towards this guy living, then why don't you go up to him, his wife, his daughter and the rest of his family, and tell them that.

Oh, and do we even know if tax dollars were keeping this guy alive? Perhaps he had medical insurance or family lifting the tab. Maybe the guys family is in millions of dollars of debt and we should just shoot them for being a drain on society!

I dunno, I'm tired and I'm going to bed. Good night.

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