Americans: We aren't selfish enough!

I refer you here.

Discuss.

WTF GUYS THEY FOUND OUR SECRET WHO'S THE SQUEALER <:mad:>

I don't know exactly what to say to that. I mean, don't you Americans want free health care? I have a feeling that it's the government's decision, and you're just living with it, accepting life for what it is.

@N00b : Wasn't me...*shifty eyes*

I've been sitting on my ass for the longest time. Am I a good American? :lol:

Yo soy Mexicano, no Americano

Well, actually, I come from a long line of workaholics. In my family, if we're not doing something productive, we're not happy. That sitting on your ass thing comes after you retire, which comes after you've saved enough of your hard earned cash to do so.
The flip-side is, I have a friend who has a very serious mental condition that prevents her from being able to hold a steady job. Her family isn't very well off and can't afford to support her, so here support comes from Welfare. And I'm happy to pay taxes for that.

But mostly, I agree with the gist of this article- we're getting our eyeballs taxed right out of our heads, and we have no universal health care, and our public school system is failing, and our public transportation system is practically nonexistent. All of that money is going to defense. And we aren't doing anything about it.

I think the problem isn't that we're not lazy enough, it's that we're actually too lazy, and are content enough with our lives in general that we cba to go through the effort of forcing our government to stop sucking so much.

I know that's my problem- I complain about the obscene amounts of money missing from my paycheck each month, and I complain about the war in Iraq, and I complain about the very likely possibility that we will be going to war with Iran any minute now, and yet here I am whining about it on a webforum instead of taking an interest in politics and voting and mailing my congressman and all that.

Also, being a workaholic's not all that bad, and being lazy and letting robots do all the work isn't all that good- hasn't the author of that article seen Wall-e? :rolleyes:

I come from a long LOOOONG line of workaholics and I am proud to be the dead stop in that pattern.

Selfishness has nothing to do with paying taxes. I think the author of this confused selfishness and laziness several times, lmao.

And yet we're still a fat country. Go figure. :lol:

Meh tbh, i don't care if my hard earned cash feeds lazy slackers, kills foreign people, supports corporate crooks etc. after all, as soon as i actually pay my taxes, i have no control over whats happening to it and i can vote whoever i want, in the end it just doesnt matter. i dont care abotu this abstarct concept that is society. all i want is to get through life, possibly getting chances of evolving my personality and become something i can be proud of.
so i expect nothing from society. neither justice nor help.

And i only pay my taxes and follow [most of] the laws because i will have much less trouble accomplishing said goals. but as i said, i expect nothing in return. when im in a car accident, theres no doubt in my mind ill get screwed over, when i get old, theres no doubt in my mind theyll let me rot in a hole, when i get robbed or stabbed, i wont believe society will grant me justice.
so thats why i keep preserving whats mine, trying to stay alive everyday, avoiding any big troubles or obstacles while i keep reminding myself that in the end, i alone am responsible for myself and when it comes down to it, nobodys there to really help me/take the burden of living off my shoulders.

i like to think that I'm somewhat free and independent even if this probably only applies to my mind.