When money is taken from people without their consent, then given to people who did not work for it, and that action is performed by a power not explicitly granted in the Constitution to the government, 'stealing' is an appropriate description.

Apr 23, 2012 -- 7:13PM, amcolph wrote:

Apr 23, 2012 -- 6:29PM, SecondSonOfDavid wrote:

When money is taken from people without their consent, then given to people who did not work for it, and that action is performed by a power not explicitly granted in the Constitution to the government, 'stealing' is an appropriate description.

So you are a citizen of this country against your will?

Wow! I guess he got you there 2ndSon!!! If you don't like the SSoA, too bad, cause we gonna give all yo money to the drug addicts and 3rd generation unemployed.

dblad

If you don't like the SSoA, too bad, cause we gonna give all yo money to the drug addicts and 3rd generation unemployed.

I guess you, as one attentive to Jesus' words, have this in mind, no? -

Luke 14
11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.
13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Apr 23, 2012 -- 6:29PM, SecondSonOfDavid wrote:

When money is taken from people without their consent, then given to people who did not work for it, and that action is performed by a power not explicitly granted in the Constitution to the government, 'stealing' is an appropriate description.

and the form of government is a Kleptocracy

Apr 23, 2012 -- 8:13PM, dblad wrote:

Apr 23, 2012 -- 7:13PM, amcolph wrote:

Apr 23, 2012 -- 6:29PM, SecondSonOfDavid wrote:

When money is taken from people without their consent, then given to people who did not work for it, and that action is performed by a power not explicitly granted in the Constitution to the government, 'stealing' is an appropriate description.

So you are a citizen of this country against your will?

Wow! I guess he got you there 2ndSon!!! If you don't like the SSoA, too bad, cause we gonna give all yo money to the drug addicts and 3rd generation unemployed.

 

I suppose you have a point.  the problem with using government money to help the poor is that you take the risk that a handout might accidently be given to an undeserving poor person while an undeserving rich person has to go without.