GOP Criticizes Obama on Spending

Rep. Kevin McCarthy says 'it's irresponsible to borrow more than all previous American presidents combined.' (April 18)

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[123Peat1]

Yet he is willing to let millions of american children go without essential healthcare. Yeah, he is such a caring man who thinks about everyone, except people who can't afford essential healthcare

[cg66079]

A sense of responsibility to our kin is human nature. The evolutionary psychologists call this kin selection. The sense of civic responsibility is not. That is picked up, or not, during socialization which is dependent on culture. It may seem human nature to a person that grew up in a society that values civic responsibility to the extent that the eastern cultures do, but the same isn't true in the west, especially the US. Individualism breeds people who are apathetic the the plights of others.

[cg66079]

Well you asked for an example of structural inequality and the education system being the strongest tool of self advancement is the #1 example. Poor areas get old books, ratty buildings, old technology, and teachers who are either bottom of the barrel or head in the cloud idealists that generally don't stick around too long (with some exceptions, usually the people who came out of the same environment). Environment can stifle potential even in the best most resilient of people.

[CITYGIRLBFF]

TEA FOR EVERYONE!

[mctarmac10]

In relation to social responsibility it really comes down to which came first out of the chicken and the egg, is there no sense of civic responsibility because people feel that it is now the Governments role to provide everything?

Self advancement benefits everyone in a society, the entrepreneur providing jobs in your town, the burger flipper who buys shoes at the place you work..so on so on. And this isn't culture but human nature, which was the great failing of Marxism

[mctarmac10]

Your right in that the system as it is is inherently unfair , and it manages somehow to be unfair to the entire spectrum. But I still see this as a product of to much government interference, there is many a tale of private philanthropic schools in Harlem being forced into receiving government funding and results subsequently plummeting, I suggest a youtube search of Milton Friedman and one of his videos on public education.

[mctarmac10]

Of course success requires personal conviction, shouldn't it be difficult? This is how our system or any that rewards progression works, while it may be a harsh and cruel system the fact is it is only chosen because of the moral implications of any alternative.

No a system that rewards skill and aptitude will never be equal , but it is more fair.

On education realize I'm not defending the current system as its nothing like I would have

[cg66079]

"resort to calling productive memresort to calling productive members "lucky""

Those that get out are lucky the individual has to have incredible personal conviction due to the social and systematic pressure against success, but the opportunity has to present itself and it doesn't very often.

You completely ignored by comment about the best schools in the country taking 70% legacy admissions and the inner city schools getting ridiculously low funding because it is based on local tax revenue.

[cg66079]

The Sicko comment was in jest, but they are rated as the best health care system in the world. If the doctors there are using drugs as a crutch then that is a problem, but not as big of a problem as it is in the US. It seems like a doctor's visit is just an interview to decide which of the latest ridiculously expensive drugs they will put you on. Last time we went to the pharm. mom had 2 prescriptions and paid $65 dollars and she has insurance. We really are a nation on drugs legal and illegal.

[cg66079]

Like I said though the idea of social responsibility is largely absent from our culture. Many people don't feel a sense of responsibility to their family, much less the people in their community. Community service is a punishment leveled by courts on criminals who break minor laws. The culture is self-centered individualism that values self-advancement no matter the cost to others. If people had this sense of social responsibility already there would be no reason to set up safety nets.