Reddit reviews Democracy in America - Volume 1

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I'm not entirely sure what point you're trying to make here. Yes, we ALL have the ability to assess what "essential" and "temporary" mean, but you are simply mistaken that vox populi isn't the final arbiter...

Your strained analogy "the 'essential' liberty of keeping as much money as possible" versus "the 'temporary' safety of health care or food stamps..." is, quite simply, ridiculous. Ever heard of the tax code? People who don't pay their taxes are dealt with pretty harshly (unless they're nominated to run the Treasury Department, I guess). But these kinds of false dichotomies make me ill. If you're not happy with the level of funding for food stamps or Medicaid, please stop blaming people who want to keep as much of their own money as the law allows. Hold the legislators who set those rates and appropriate the money for social programs accountable for the choices they make. But please stop pretending that the reason the monthly allowance under [SNAP] (http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap) isn't higher than it is is because people are greedy and heartless...

I agree that it is best to discuss issues directly, but that does not mean we can't find value in wise words from the past (provided the quote is accurate). I revisit such works as [The Federalist Papers] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Federalist-Papers-ebook/dp/B004TPP976/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1372066721&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Federalist) and Tocqueville's [Democracy in America] (http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-America-1-ebook/dp/B0082ZJMPY/ref=sr_1_2_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1372066657&sr=8-2&keywords=democracy+in+america) quite often, and find them a great aid to clarity of thought on contemporary political issues...