11-21-2003, 06:52 PM
nono, you've got me all wrong. let's not be hasty.
sure, i support whatever mission the government needs, be it warring foreign nations, or repairing the ones in chaos. i'd be a hypocrite if i condemned soldiers fighting for my liberties. i'm just saying that it doesn't seem to me that these fighters were fighting, yet they still ended up with damaged goods that me and you pay for.
as for taxes, it's hard to say exactly how much i pay: as a teenager, i've been stereotyped into the "cheap labor" category that successful capitalist businessmen take advantage of every day. i work hard, i get little in return, and i make those that take advantage of me more successful. as far as worth is considered, if every underpaid, overworked employee quit there job right now, then out economy would fail, and we'd become a third world country in a matter of hours. my efforts, therefore, are invaluble to [y]our society.
sure, i support whatever mission the government needs, be it warring foreign nations, or repairing the ones in chaos. i'd be a hypocrite if i condemned soldiers fighting for my liberties. i'm just saying that it doesn't seem to me that these fighters were fighting, yet they still ended up with damaged goods that me and you pay for.
as for taxes, it's hard to say exactly how much i pay: as a teenager, i've been stereotyped into the "cheap labor" category that successful capitalist businessmen take advantage of every day. i work hard, i get little in return, and i make those that take advantage of me more successful. as far as worth is considered, if every underpaid, overworked employee quit there job right now, then out economy would fail, and we'd become a third world country in a matter of hours. my efforts, therefore, are invaluble to [y]our society.