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If trying to do what you can to provide the best for your family is selfish then I guess yes I'm guilty. With that said I would never take advantage or walk over another person to advance myself in my job. Thats not saying I would not compete as hard as I can to beat out my competition but I would not jeopardize my principals to do so. If not wanting to pay more taxes so lazy people can sit at home and live off the goverment then again I'm guilty. If anything I think the lazy people who sit at home and do nothing living off the tax payers are actually the selfish ones. I would give the shirt off my back to help someone down on their luck but I am totaly unwilling to help someone who does not help themself. For the past 15 years I have belonged to a local charity because I think everyone should give back to the community. I have quit two because they would just hand out money to anyone that stuck their hand out and I got tired of raising money just to give it out to some lazy bum. The one I'm currently in raises money for hearing impaired children who's parents cannot afford hearing aids or other equipment. We are pretty tight with our money making sure our funds go to children who parents truly cannot afford to buy them the equipment they need. Our club use to do that Paint Your Heart Out thing where you go to someones home and fix up the out side but we dropped that because the last two times we did that the people seem so ungrateful it was almost depressing knowing how hard we worked to help them out. While I agree people can be selfis I think when push comes to shove most people are willing to help out their fellow man. Just look at how people respond after a hurricane or some other natural disaster with their time and money.