Brain Fertilizer

Group irresponsibility gets rewarded, but individual irresponsibility gets ignored.

The money aspect of politics is discouraging to say the least. This same sort of question was raised when you compare the compensation made to the families of 9/11 victims to that given to the families of victims of the bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, or to that given to families of servicemembers who fall in defense of our nation.

But to make an attempt to answer Michael Demmons basic question, I think the idea behind that tendency is that every individual should be responsible, but if a whole group of people get hit by it, well, then obviously it was something no one could have foreseen. Yeah, that's immediately ridiculous to anyone with common sense, but then the people who have been conditioned to depend on the government through liberal entitlement programs do lack that same common sense, don't they?

Does anyone else have any thoughts?*

Hat tip to Dean Esmay.

*I do like DSmith's response...except that I don't accept the corresponding fatalistic view that it's not an issue. I think the government and our society should make efforts to encourage people to make better choices rather than just passing laws and handing out money. Government can be more efficient, and we can take steps to reduce waste, tragedy, loss, and idiocy. For one such example, look at the government's involvement in getting citizens to stop smoking.