Friday, May 09, 2008
I read a blog recently where the author mentioned a city that provided free high speed internet for people who lived in government housing. I believe the city that was doing it was San Francisco but I'm not sure; the blogger lives in Ohio and wondered why we (insert the government, or better yet insert the word "taxpayers") couldn't do it here.
I immediately wondered, why stop there? Many of these people already receive free housing or substantially subsidized rent. Why not give them free cable tv? How about a car? Why not free gasoline?
The more our society is given things, the more it expects it. Our system has created a class of people who are stuck in the welfare cycle. They know no other way.
I immediately wondered, why stop there? Many of these people already receive free housing or substantially subsidized rent. Why not give them free cable tv? How about a car? Why not free gasoline?
The more our society is given things, the more it expects it. Our system has created a class of people who are stuck in the welfare cycle. They know no other way.
