Laurie wrote: >This emphasises the danger of people like Noel Pearson inferring that >Aboriginal people are getting too much welfare ------they are not getting >nearly enough assistance, financial or otherwise. Laurie, Pearson infers no such thing. He writes: "So when I say that the indigenous experience of the Australian welfare state has been disastrous I do not thereby mean that the Australian welfare state is a bad thing. It is just that my people have experienced a marginal aspect of that welfare state: income provisioning for people dispossessed from the real economy." In other words, not only are they not getting enough welfare (your complaint) what they are getting is in a form that does not "enable". Nowhere does he imply, suggest, or hint at the idea that "Aboriginal people are getting too much welfare". In other words, he agrees with you. So what are you talking about? Tim ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
