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September 20, 2007

Apparently Not His Sister’s Keeper

by AltHippo @ 11:51 am. Filed under Uncategorized

Busy, busy, busy.

When I can’t keep up I’ll lurk in the comments section at politico.com. As a result of the drudgification of the site, you get some real doozies. Who amongst us doesn’t like to be regaled in the latest rants against the Hildebeast? She called him “Darth,” which has upset the Drudgicos. I thought everyone called him Darth.

This comment is a keeper. Not because it’s particularly amusing, but it’s an extreme example of the side of the health care debate that you usually don’t hear:

Let me give you a scenario - My sister and I are 10 Months apart in age. We grew up lower middle class living in Projects in Flint Michigan. We went to the same schools and had the same options available to us. She dropped out of school, never went to college lived on welfare and unemployment and now suvives payday to payday with the governments help. I finished school, joined the military, went to college, have a great job, great retirement and living well. Hillary thinks I should give my sister money and help because she needs our help and the rich should help those not so lucky. Lucky - nothing - I worked hard all these years, I stayed up late studing and working and I deserve what I’ve earned. Why should I pay for my sister’s health care when she could have gone the same path but chose not to. She decided not to finish high school, she decided not to go to college that was’nt my choice. Hillary thinks we should help those less fortionate - but thats wrong - she just wants to hand out money and collect votes. Well she will never hae mine.

Hae now! I really have to give this commenter credit, Reagan at least used the “welfare queen” slur to keep the social net neatly divided along the haves and have-nots. Reagan would never tell his own sister to, in effect, curl up and die. Well, not publicly.

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2 Responses to “Apparently Not His Sister’s Keeper”

  1. Jamelle Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    I don’t understand why people are unable to separate anecdotes from data. More than that, do none of these people have any conception of “moral obligation?”

  2. KCinDC Says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    Of course they do, Jamelle. Everyone has a moral obligation to be rich, and those who can’t manage it are morally inferior people who have only themselves to blame.

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