U.S. Government shuts down.

[DeeBye]

Paying your taxes doesn't mean paying for your lazy no-good neighbour

See, these are the very kinds of statements that bug me (in particular referring to your neighbor as "lazy" and "no good"), and it sends all kinds of red flags (pun intended) through my head. But perhaps you meant something else contrary to how I am interpreting it (as an attack on people who are on welfare, or otherwise poor that rely on more government programs or assistance to help them). Can you elaborate please?

I don't really have a lazy, no-good neighbour. I was just describing an argument against "entitlements" that I do not agree with. I'm sorry that you did not understand it. I should have been more clear.

I'm perfectly happy paying my taxes and knowing that the vast majority of my tax dollars are used to help the community I live in. I am also not an idiot, so I know that a small percentage of my tax dollars go towards people that are happily sponging off the system. I'm okay with that, because of baby and bathwater. Nothing's perfect.