Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

This principle is one that White people fear–as do most people with guilty consciences.

But isn’t that exactly what you’ve been arguing all of these years? You dislike some of the attitudes of “White women” and extol the many virtues and exotic beauty of the Oriental Woman. Many White men, like minded to yourself, have been sending for mail order brides for years. Yet, you have been bewildered when Asian men have found THAT disgusting instead of “open minded.”

That’s what White Privilege is all about. You feel entitled to be disgusted by the things that you take for granted doing to other races with impunity.

@King, I object using mail order white women as a problem solver because you can’t get along with women of your race. This is dead wrong! I’m sure other white men will find this disgusting too. It’s just plain not right!

You’re okay. I take back likening you to Jacobus at one point. You were right. That was a personal insult. Lol. Sorry.

Anyway, why are people indulging Jacobus who is a troll who’s obviously pushing one agenda on this site no matter what we’re discussing? Stick to acting and kung fu kicking Jacobus. Maybe one of your kicks will land hard on your own head, and you will become less of a dumb, brain washed douche.

Even thought Hoover is considered among the worst presidents in US History, he was instrumental in bringing forth and is the namesake for the Hoover Dam.

Why you got to hate on people who need welfare? Some people really need it and most people who need it do not stay on it. Think of ways to prevent abuse if you see it, not generalize a whole sector of people simply because they need help. Most of the people who use welfare use it temporarily. Haven’t we all at some point been the benefit of someone elses charity or good will? If we don’t help each other when we need it, what makes us any different from other primates?

Eric,

The Great Depression started in 1929 before FDR. He died as we were getting out of it. I think it’s hard to point fingers since there were so many other factors taking place at the time, but my point is that you can’t really say he made things worse.

In general, I don’t support food subsidies. I think there was a point in which farmers needed the money, but I think an accountant could show that farms could stay in business without them.

I think we’re in agreement on most of this.

I misunderstood your question. FDR’s term ended after WWII, and we fell into another recession at that point. So, his 4-term-term began with a recession, turned into a depression, went back into a recession, and then he died. I’d argue that he accomplished mostly nothing.

“I’m against subsidizing corn production. It’s what’s contributing to our health problems–high fructose corn syrup is way out of control.”

Are you only opposed because it’s unhealthy? Would you support a subsidy on Splenda until it was proven unhealthy? Or is it safe to assume that you, like me, don’t support food subsidies as a whole? Cattle and eggs are subsidized too, and there are plenty of folks who see those as unhealthy as well. Even though I disagree with the health claims, I agree the subsidies should be gone. Don’t you?

““Mandated” implies that it’s mandatory, and in this case, people can “opt out” by simply buying healthier foods. Of course, richer people will have an easier time with this.”

Fair enough, but whether this is state mandate or not, we both see the problem with subsidized agriculture because it produces bad incentives to grow too much of that agriculture. So we’re both against that. Great.

We can see how corn-growing is basically a way to work the subsidy system. We all pay taxes that subsidize corn growth, but some entrepreneurial farmers decide they should produce corn in order to collect more than they pay in, and thereby make a semi-decent living. The excess corn isn’t profitable or healthy. It’s basically junk. If we were hired to fix this system, we’d eliminate the subsidy. It would be moronic to keep the subsidy and proceed to fine everyone who grows corn.

You also value the freedom of a couple to have children, probably without limit. That makes you very human and very not evil. We’re agreeing on everything so far.

The government subsidizes a percentage of each person through its welfare system. An entrepreneurial couple decides to work the system and produce as many children as needed to collect more subsidies than they pay out, just like our corn-growers. If we were hired to fix the system, what would we do?