Should poor buying choices be rewarded?

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Why should those of us who have always used common sense when buying have to pay to bail out the people who didn't? I understand and don't have a problem helping people who have had a layoff or other problem not of their own making. However to many people when out and bought everything in sight never thinking about how they would pay. I see these people with million dollar homes, cars, boats and everything else, crying because they can't pay for them. I know the banks are not blameless but what happened to personal responsibly? I got offers of credit cards, and loans all the time but I knew I couldn't afford to pay for them so I tossed them. What do you think?

Curious_Yank_back_in_South_Korea · Accepted Answer

Absolutely not!  I think it is appalling that the American tax payers have to "bailout" anybody for making wrong decisions in what they buy or sell.  It is a crime and thievery at its highest levels to take money I pay into taxes and give to automakers, banks, and housing lenders simply because they make stupid decisions, give themselves fat bonuses, and take vacation junkets on company expense.  It makes you almost think the bank robber has more moral values than the business CEOs do.  Take that Mr. President, stuff it in your pipe and smoke it.

pmjenn85 · Answer

Well, to be perfectly blunt, a lot of Americans are of the opinion that they, personally, can't do anything wrong. They think that any bad choice they made was really someone else victimizing them. And there are enough people who think that way that the politicians have to pander to them, even if they know better. 

Our government has set itself up as the protectors of a blameless citizenry.

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Should poor buying choices be rewarded?

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