Do You Trust Your Government?

Okay, you know that I'm portuguese, so our prime-minister is Durão Barroso. But I don't like him, I don't trust him. I'm communist, and I think that Portugal it is not being any good. Eg: Iraq war - G.N.R - our police, doesn't even do anything here, what were they doing in the midle of the desert?

I don't want anything that is revolutionary, I just want peace and love and a new finance minister!

Portugal it's going under and portuguese peolple can't see it, we are at the bottom of the Europe.
We are:

- The poorest;
- Whom smoke more;
- Whom kill more by car accidents;
- Whom have more youth mothers;
- Whom die more people by illnesses.

This is a mess and someone has to do anything to put an end in this! Because I don't want to be unployer when I get out of the university!

Thank you!

I dislike the US Gov't, they do nothing for the poor and only do things for people with money. Well getting money is hard in the US, I'm lucky I got a job out of pity, it's like you gotta squeeze blood from a stone to get a job. All the US Gov't does is provide homeless shelters and stuff but not jobs.

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Originally Posted by Joel

I dislike the US Gov't, they do nothing for the poor and only do things for people with money. Well getting money is hard in the US, I'm lucky I got a job out of pity, it's like you gotta squeeze blood from a stone to get a job. All the US Gov't does is provide homeless shelters and stuff but not jobs.

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You said that they do nothing for the poor, but then you said that all they do is provide homeless shelters...

Everyone knows the homeless aren't poor; they're just too cheap to buy a house.

Sure, there are those in the US with special benefits, bein' rich or whatever, but I think most have a fairly, well, fair, chance of makin' money. After all, that's a big idea of the Constitution, or the Preamble, or some other document, isn't it? Money's everywhere, if you look in the right places and have a decent amount of motivation and determination.

That's essentially capitalism in a nutshell as well, everyone can win or lose big, but we all have a shot.

Take care all.

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Originally Posted by Joel

I dislike the US Gov't, they do nothing for the poor and only do things for people with money. Well getting money is hard in the US, I'm lucky I got a job out of pity, it's like you gotta squeeze blood from a stone to get a job. All the US Gov't does is provide homeless shelters and stuff but not jobs.

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You can offer job opportunites to the homeless but you can't force them to take it. Is it really that hard to get a job? Walk on down to a recruiter, not only will they provide shelter and food but they'll even provide a paycheck. There are jobs out there if you're determined, beggars can't be choosers.

Beggars tend to be alcoholics or adicted to some *sherbert*, it's not like they give jobs that easily to people bound to cause problems.


Then there's people who want to live like that. I can't help but to find such idea admirable some way, it's complicated to explain, has to do with that Greek philosopher, Diogenes (Whatever his name is in English).

Edit by Big D: Please don't swear unless it's really necessary :trout:

You mean, people who prefer a bohemian way of life?

Take care all.

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Edit by Big D: Please don't swear unless it's really necessary

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Oh, no, you're a burgeoise moderator! Repressor! Inquisitor! I call for revolution, down with the mods!


*cough*

Anyway :D

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You mean, people who prefer a bohemian way of life?

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Well, I prefer a bohemian way of life, but that dosen't mean necessarily living on the streets. Bohemian life dosen't mean poverty, it means poetry.

But I kinda admire they choose to live having little, specially in a society where they see you for what you have, not for what you are.

Still, it's not like I want much to live. I'm not dedicating my life to philosophy and poetry for the money it may give me, obviously, I'm doing it because I love it. If I wanted money, I'd become a football player or a multinational CEO. But as the songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute said, and vaguely translating from Spanish:

Some dream of the tact
of the hand of king Midas,
some dream of the stone
of the philosopher power,
some dream with crusades
against infidels in hideouts,
and who dreams with the sands
of the celestial Meca.

But I don't pretend
fortress or fortunes,
only I can dream of a dream:
in a sea of sunflowers,
to find a moonflower,
that would unveil and reveal
every night
the other side of the moon.

Woah, what an awful translation.

But well, thats my idea. My idea about what life should be, even if I don't blame people for calling me idealistic.

PS: I got post 69! Oh, God, I am so proud of myself! :rolleyes2

I agree of course, that a life dedicated to poetry, philosophy and finding the zest of life would be truly an ideal way to live. I think that perhaps, if you can find a job you really enjoy, then later on in your life, when you've found security, you can attempt to live this life. That's definitely a perk of capitalism, if you do succeed, you're free to do what you want. I just hope it's for good and not evil.

Suck the marrow out of life!

Take care all.

My opinion: Brazil sucks. This country is poor, we always have problem with money, the president (Lula-hahahahahahaha!) sucks, he doesn't even has the 2nd grade completed. Brazil sucks. Do me a favor: Don't come here!

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I think that perhaps, if you can find a job you really enjoy, then later on in your life, when you've found security, you can attempt to live this life.

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Uh, the problem is finding a job I will enjoy, because I hate repetitive stuff. Actually, routine depresses me. So I think I will live "this life" as soon as I can, I don't want to wait until I'm so old I can't have an erection.

Well, truth is I don't have any plans for the future, whatever may come. All I know is what I don't want.

There are about 193 national governments in this world. I don't trust any of them.

Have you read Machiavelli’s "the prince" I recommend it for anyone who trusts the government!

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Originally Posted by Besimudo

Have you read Machiavelli’s "the prince" I recommend it for anyone who trusts the government!

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Hhahahahahah! Touche! :D