Morality Games
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I disagree with Obama's plan.
I also find the liberal hypocrisy regarding tax hikes for the wealthy to be lol worthy. So the liberal platform is typically "keep the government out of my bedroom!" "Keep the government out of women's wombs!" "Keep the government out of my lifestyle as it relates to marijuana!" "Keep the government away from the religious morals of the voting populace!"
All that flips with "Keep the government in someone else's wallet who has more than me." The typical argument I've seen is "if something doesn't affect you, then you have no right to stop it or interfere with another's choices." Many apply this argument to marijuana usage, sexual ethics, and abortion. Why not be consistent and not dictate how much someone else should pay in taxes? Why should you intrude upon someone's finances with your beliefs (that affect someone else and not you) and demand that they have to pay more? Hypocrisy is silly :mrgreen:
There's no hypocrisy. In a just society, the state has to provide people with as much freedom as it can obtain for them. Specific rights are limited according to society's ability to accommodate them while maintaining its structural integrity.
The United States can easily accommodate legalized cannabis. It can't easily accommodate large differences in the household incomes of between lower and upper tax brackets.
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