re: #681 albusteve

from my experience, America is a vast and wealthy country to bumble around in checking out the bling…you do that for a certain portion of you life then Boom!…there you are with nothing but memories of what you could have and should have done to make money and generate your own wealth…people are lazy, subordinate and lack ambition…if you are broke, you did it to yourself…even now there is a ton of money to be made…I get tired of splitting hairs and whining about it…I’ve paid astronomical money for health care, taxes beyond what the average person would call robbery, and it was…hitch it up and figure it out…if I can do it so can anyone else…the system does not own you, and there is money to be made…if you are cornered then brawl your way out…make a plan…move if you have to, go back to school…do what you have to do

Compassion and forgiveness are not listed anywhere in there. You care about people, everyone does. Is it impossible for you to help someone that is all of those terrible things you listed? Is it fine that they (and their families) struggle to live in one of the richest countries in the history of civilization? Conservatives always talk about American Exceptionalism, but does it only apply to our foreign policy? Is it possible that part of American Exceptionalism includes helping people that might not deserve it? Your points about determination and self sufficiency are great lessons, but if no one is willing to help, how the hell will they ever learn?