Spoiled Rotten: Can you fix Capitalism with Socialism?

For some reason there is this confusion over what is right and wrong in our country and in the world these days. Opinions range from one extreme to another, but who is right? Who is wrong?

Well, this is my opinion, everybody is both right and wrong! It depends on where you are and how you got there and why. This is a very deep subject and there is no single solution, the mess the world is in, is self inflicted and will get worse before it gets better!

This is the reason that I believe all of these socialist bail-outs are the wrong way to go! Why? It costs too much! If you are a tax payer, a small business owner, a Wall Street executive, a lawyer, doctor, or plumber, you see things differently depending on a multitude of variables, so numerous that to come to some sort of solution, it must be made simpler for it to have a chance to work. So, what does this have to do with the bail out?

Do you know what I mean by Spoiled Rotten kid? If a kid grows up getting anything and everything he or she wants just by having a temper tantrum, what happens to that kid? That same kid, given a swat or two on the backside instead of a cookie or handout is going to learn that it takes hard work and discipline to succeed. By bailing out everybody that made a bad decision to buy more home than they could afford, it is the same thing! In a Capitalist system, failure is just one of the steps on the way to success! Failure is what creates balance with success. Many of the richest people on the planet failed many times before they succeeded. If you don’t hit the bottom, how do you know which way is up? Have you ever seen a baby learning to walk? Think about it, if you were to carry that baby around and never let it fall down or bump it’s head, would it ever learn?

Yes, falling down or bumping your head hurts for a while, but the lessons learned are more valuable than the pain felt at the time. So, if you bought a home that you could not afford, and you lost it, I bet next time around you will get something more affordable!

Have you ever seen the fanatical lefties at a protest? What about their counterparts on the far right? I look at that as an example of kids that never got spanked throwing a temper tantrum and wanting attention!

So, throwing money at the problems we are facing will only make it worse in the long run. If there were no bail-out, yeah, a few business would go under or get bought up by bigger companies, the ones that were more disciplined in the past, and the homes that are dropping in value, will get bought up the same way! Once everything hits bottom, it just means that it is on sale! Those that worked hard and saved will be able to buy bigger and better homes, at an affordable price! That is how it works with Capitalism, by dumping tax-payer’s money on it, it just prolongs the problem, those same businesses and people are still gong to fail, it will just make it hurt everybody more!

One thing I want to make clear about what I am saying, “I do believe that those that can not help themselves, deserve some assistance, but not people that just made a bad choice.” If you have gotten sick or old, that is not by choice, it just happens, and we have programs in place to help already, yes, they need to be fixed or made better, but not bigger!

One day I am going to write about my mothers $600 shoes, yeah, that is what Medicare got billed for some shoes that sell at Pay-Less for 10 bucks! The difference, an insert that makes them better for diabetics. That is what I mean, if spending is cut, by making the government work better and smaller, these programs can be improved.

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