…you can’t have it both ways. I applaud your tolerance of diverse lifestyles, choices, etc. However, when people abuse that liberty and make irresponsible choices, you are too quick to bail them out. But if you insist on government that acts as the parent of our society, then you must be more restrictive of liberties to keep your “children” out of harm’s way.
Government should help those who cannot help themselves. However, by granting your citizens high levels of personal freedoms, but relatively low levels of personal accountability (see “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Welfare”), you create a society in which government encourages those who choose not to help themselves, despite being able (i.e. people who are content to live on welfare). Hence the rightful objection of the hard-working wealthy who feel they are taxed to support the lazy. I personally do not endorse such a highly-Interventionist government model, but I would respect your position if it were more consistent with the “liberty-responsibility principle”.
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