Will Obama pay a political price for his lies?

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT

...I don't think we need government programs to guarantee equality of outcome. but that is what you are asking for in a sense...removal of life's roadblocks to "guarantee" the outcome would be what it would have been if not for life's bumps...or in this case hurdles...and you'd like government to decide which are bumps and which are hurdles But I think it might be worthwhile to have safety nets that guarantee more equality of opportunity. we have many...how are those working out in your opinion?...rhetorical

For example, I had friends at UCONN whose parents worked hard to pay tuition, and my friends didn't work hard and graduated with worthless degrees in things like communications. Those friends are struggling a bit, and I have no problem whatsoever with the fact they are struggling. They had the opportunity, they made bad choices, so it's just and fair that they face the consequences.

I can't bring myself to feel the same way about people who struggle with medical expenses. If my friends (with the sick daughter) were struggling because they made bad business decisions, or because they flushed their money away on expensive cars, that's one thing. But their struggles are from causes that they had zero control over.

In a perfect world, we'd all have the same oppotunities to be successful. yes I have no issue with people who make stupid choices, having to live with the consequences of their choices. However, I don't think that's equivalent to someone struggling because they, or someone in their family, was born sick. Those are distinguishable scenarios.

you should know by now that when government takes the reigns they tend to blur those "distinguishable differences" so as to include as many in their "charity' as possible...there are plenty of current examples