
Originally Posted by
The Editor
Do people on here read posts before posting? The elderly and the disabled (mentally and physically) do deserve the money. However, people who live beyond their means and show incredible lack of foresight do not. The consequences of your actions should be yours to bare. If someone wants to give money to help you, then that's fine. But forcing people to give money is not, and that is the point I'm making.
Yes they have, but because they wanted to, not because they were made to.
Of course you shouldn't have to help people. But just because you shouldn't doesn't mean you can't or won't.
Well then, why doesn't the government loan them money at 0% interest? That way the money comes back. That's a much better system. The government loans you money so you can tide yourself over until you sort things out, and then you pay it back gradually. With no interest on it you don't lose anything, and the government doesn't lose anything either. Clearly this is superior to a "throw money at it" solution.