# What is the definition of being "financially responsible"?

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**Created:** [February 14, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-definition-of-being-financially-responsible/528931 "2010-02-14T05:24:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-definition-of-being-financially-responsible/528931/42 "2010-02-15T03:59:15Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> OK. The government offered cheap financing for education, and I took it. That fact doesn’t alter anything I’ve said, or make me a hypocrite, or anything like that. I invite you to make a really shitty argument to the contrary.

In another thread you posted this:

> [@Private Sector Solutions Part I: Social Security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-sector-solutions-part-i-social-security/528860/36):
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> elucidator and Der Trihs, do you think it would be OK for you to knock down your neighbor’s door and take what you want from them? Or do you think that that would be a bad thing to do?

So it was OK for the government to knock down your neighbor’s door and take their money and give it to you for your education. Do you think that was a bad thing to do? What’s the dif?

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