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Originally Posted by EmporerEJ
Yes, and that's our problem because.......?
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It's tax time. Makes me selfish. I bust my ass and this is the time of year I get to see how much of my earnings goes to the government so others can sit on their ass and make an existence off government services.
I live in Atlanta.
Let me tell you how bad it is in Atlanta.
Here, the main hospital in the city is Grady Memorial, it is a government run facility. It is also the only level 3 trauma center anywhere near the city proper. You can imagine what a zoo the emergency room is. It's chaos 24/7.
Now Atlanta is a town where we definitely have a significant portion of the urban population who feel entitled and know how to play every game there is to get as much as they can from the government as well as any mark who might venture down their street. They were attempting to hustle us the other night when we ventured into town for the Van Halen concert.
Ok, so let's say you dont have a car, dont have cab fare, but you need to go downtown and you live out on the east side a little ways. Know how you get downtown? Easy, you dial 911, say you're having chest pains and having a hard time breathing. An ambulance will quickly arrive and take you to Grady Memorial. You'll quickly be dumped in a room, queue'd up and left alone. You just walk out. Do your shopping or whatever.
Happens multiple times every day, has for at least a decade. The local news has reported on it, still the city takes no action to prevent it. Out comes the race card, how dare you want to lock up an old lady who wanted nothing more than to get downtown so she could see her grand chilluns...