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Originally Posted by GlennD
Keep in mind that most of the folks concerned about the ID card think that the (federal) government has no business providing most of the services that it does.
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These services are provided by taxpayers like you and me. The government simply takes the credit. Every penny the government spends (local, state, or federal), comes out of a taxpayers pocket. The government is 'providing' NOTHING, as it has NOTHING with which to provide.
If one person is going to receive a taxpayer funded service because of some 'perceived' need or entitlement, than
anyone in their situation must also receive said service, or we are guilty of discrimination.
I really don't know why this question was asked in his forum, but it was so;
The ONLY reason for government is to protect the rights of its citizens, not feed you, not clothe you, not put a roof over your heads, not kiss your boo boos.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.