(06-28-2019, 11:33 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(06-28-2019, 10:45 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I am so sick of this "we owe someone" and "you owe me" attitude. It's infecting this country like an STD. Responsibility is being tossed aside like last night's Chinese takeout and it's rotting just the same. People need to put on their big girl and big boy pants and get on with the business of life. Quit crying about what everyone else has and be thankful you have anything at all. And if you don't have anything it's nobody's fault but your own. And if, by some miracle, it might be someone else's fault, shut up and do something to change it. 

Bunch of simpering pansies. 

And no, we taxpayers owe no one anything related to something that happened many generations back. It sucks that happened, it really does, but no. We owe nothing.

What if "something" is community organizing and running for office?

When it comes to the issue of reparations for slavery, I've already said it. Do what you want but you're owed nothing. 

In life, if whatever is truly owed to you can be "paid" by community organizing and running for office then go for it. Not everything is about money or material goods. Sometimes it's about being or setting a positive example in the face of adversity.

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