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Ben Gruder's avatar

It's not affecting them directly in ways they don't like. Transactional ethics all the way.

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Jill Z's avatar

yes - someone in my family is fine with getting rid of SS - because he says we need to tighten belts to keep the country afloat. Of course he is a boomer who has a really good pension and for him it IS just pin money. He's also a christian - but guess his version doesn't really require caring for those who have less than you.

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Ben Gruder's avatar

A certain strain of Christianity insists that caring for the less fortunate is an individual and/or church responsibility, not the government's. I think *maybe* that worked in an agrarian society or in the mythical world where all towns are the size and composition of Mayberry.

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