Quote Originally Posted by christopher leigh View Post
Guicko thanks for asking me this.Individuals have no moral responsibility to help anyone, or to expect help.Poverty,illness and disability are not claims on the lives of others.

I think we should abolish the welfare-state.If we did a small number of people would struggle initially.These people could be helped by private charities.

The Welfare-state has no moral basis whatsoever: Why?Because the money to support these institutions has been extorted from the taxpayer.In other words, if people really believed in the NHS, why does the government force them to pay for it?
If individuals have no moral responsibility to help anyone, then who would feel compelled to found and fund the private charities?

I have no problem with paying taxes, it's the mis-spending of those revenues that really galls me....Take the NHS; it's there to cure people of debillitating and life threatening illnesses & injuries; not to offer cosmetic surgery to "hairheads"!