Reply #2: Excellent OP, Lyric! [View All]

[Lars39]

I especially like this paragraph: "Poor people who no longer have a community to rely on will inevitably become more and more dependent upon (and therefore more and more vulnerable to the whims of) the government. It will cost everyone more money in the long-run, because the government (a.k.a., YOU) will have to cover the cost of the necessities that poor people are able to cheaply get or trade for within their own communities right now. Not just for the elderly poor, but for ALL of them. Private charity for groups like churches is nice but it's notoriously unreliable, and charity costs money too."