steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

Oh the sheer pain of proving that someone is wrong... I don't know whether I am simply obsessed or whether it is my calling to respond to some of the ridiculous claims made day in and day out by the neo-socialists of this world. I want to preface the following dissertation with this disclaimer: I disagree and am bothered by the socialist ideology because of its methodology and its perverse tendency to be illogical by use of assumption and lack of understanding and/or recognition of how the world operates. I am lacking the time necessary to really discuss an example of what I am talking about, but I hope to spend some time showing you, the reader, what I really mean. For right now, I hope the following quip will do:
Let as get one thing straight: the divide between the rich and poor cannot be constantly increasing. Think about it... it really does not make sense - if it were the case, the poor would not be better off today than they were 10, 20, 50 years ago (just take a look at the material possessions a poor person has now versus 20 years ago). There are arguments and statistics that actually show this, but I was intending to be brief. The socialist agenda intends to prove that social and economic equality are not only the same but are actually the means by which we can assist our fellow man. Economic equality would no more help man than it would to suddenly decide that everyone should live and work according to his or her own schedule - i.e. I do what I want, when I want to do it. Such ways of creating so-called equality forget that man is a) an individual and inherently acts in his or her own interest, and b) that giving everyone the monetary means to do as he or she pleases does not do anything but stagnate drive and ambition. Socialism is statism and statism is nothing but a way of wasting human capacity and encouraging laziness.