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   From: Dr.Goldblatt@G00GLE.0RG   
      
   MY HOW THE LIBERAL FREELOADERS WHINE   
      
   The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a story today about poor Ruby   
   Fair. Ruby, you see, is 91 years old. She lives in a nursing home.   
   Since 2001 the taxpayers of the State of Georgia have been paying for   
   her stay. Ruby Fair owns 162 acres of land in east Georgia. Now the   
   state of Georgia wants to take that land and sell it so that the   
   taxpayers can be reimbursed for Ruby's care.   
      
   Oh man ... you should hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on   
   over this plan. Ruby's children asked if state officials were "going   
   to bear down this hard on our elderly population and go for the   
   jugular vein?" Hey, kids. The taxpayers have been forking over big   
   bucks for a few years not to take care of your mother. Where were you   
   then? Were you whining about the state using its police power to seize   
   money from people you don't even know to pay for your mother's nursing   
   home care? Does it occur to you that these people had something else   
   they could be spending that money for? Maybe they had medical expenses   
   in their own family that needed to be covered. Maybe they were behind   
   on their mortgage, or needed repairs to their car. Did that bother   
   you? No, you just stood by and watched the state use its police power   
   to seize money from complete strangers to care for your mother. I sure   
   would be interested to find out just how much you two were willing to   
   dip into your savings to pay for your mother's medical care. But hell,   
   why should you? Why even bother when the state will take care of it   
   all for you!   
      
   We all know what the deal here is, don't we? Ruby Fair's kids will get   
   those 162 acres once she gets tucked in for that eternal celestial   
   dirt nap. Now the state is threatening to take that land, sell it, and   
   reimburse the   
   people who have been taking care of Ruby Fair while her children   
   dreamed of inheritances.   
      
   Then we have William Morris. He's quoted in the article also. His   
   wife's uncle is in a Fairburn nursing home at state expense. Evidently   
   the wife's uncle has some assets that the state is eyeing. William   
   Morris says "this is theft ... hard-core theft." Pray tell, Mr.   
   Morris, what is it when the government takes money away from me to pay   
   for your relative's nursing home stay? Let me see if I get this   
   straight: You take money from me to pay for your wife's uncle's   
   medical care, no problem. You make your uncle pay the   
   costs of his own care and that's theft. Yeah, I think I get it. You   
   were educated in a government school, weren't you?   
      
   The run isn't over. We also have William Pinkney. His parents are both   
   in a taxpayer-funded community health services program. Pinkney says   
   that it was his father's dream to leave his property to his children   
   and grandchildren. "Unfortunately with this proposal, their American   
   dream just went away." OK .. now let me get this straight. Your   
   version of the American dream is to use the police power of government   
   to force other people to pay medical bills for your parents so that   
   their estate will remain intact for you to inherit when they die.   
   Fascinating.   
      
   How did we ever arrive at the point in this country where Americans   
   think that they have some sort of an enforceable right to reach into   
   the pockets of complete strangers to get the money to cover their   
   personal needs? Oh, I forgot. Democrats. Democrats and government   
   schools.   
      
      
   --   
   Left-wing liberals are EVERYTHING they accuse the right of being. They   
   are mean, vicious, hateful, greedy, cold-hearted, closed-minded,   
   selfish, intolerant, bigoted and racist.   
      
   Liberals HATE America!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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