If you want a functioning society you have to contribute. Not mooch.
In the words of JFK
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
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I dont mind society creating allowances but the US has went too far and created barriers to small businesses with all of the disability requirements. I have many friends with small businesses that would like to start their own shop but the toilet requirement alone is almost 100k in up front cost.
Ridiculous.
Isn't this the exact same scenario you're claiming? Your friends should take personal responsibility instead of asking the government to bend to them. No?
(I'm trying to understand your logic here and how it applies to multiple circumstances. I think they're incongruous here, but I don't understand why.)
Therein lies the problem.
And Im callous ?
Your discussion here has been nongenuine and not helpful. Better if you just didn't comment at all.
Your parents are only legally required to care for you up until your 18th birthday. Their function as a safety net may end at that moment. Plenty of folks have shitty, abusive, or neglectful parents who wash their hands of their children at the first opportunity.
Orphans? Abused children? What happens to them?