Gruss, it's not a subsidy. You are the one being emotional, you are acting like a bleeding heart liberal worried about everyone's carrer path ;) I think I should have just let you carry on, since you are determined to persist in this wrong headedness...
Dana On 10/4/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > I really don't have time to argue this point, it's just not well thought > thorough. > > > > I agree, you haven't thought it through that well. You are making > emotional decisions and that's always a bad idea. > > Again, this country long ago decided that the most moral economic > system was capitalism. It allows each person to choose their own > lifestyle based on the amount of dedication, work, and sacrifice > they're willing to bear. > > Where you get confused is that you think government should subsidize > bad decisions simply because those bad decisions put people below the > poverty line. How about when I decided to invest in Lucent back in > 1998? Maybe we should create a "minimum equity loss" for people like > me that make bad investment decisions? Fair's fair, right? Wrong. > Bad decisions don't deserve gov't relief. > > I view it this way: the moral thing is to protect the innocent from > evil. Once they're no longer innocent, however, it's their choice. > > Translated into policy this means giving people the infrastructure > they need to get a decent paying job: access to education, > communication infrastructure, job hunting skils, market analysis > skills, etc. If they then choose to keep their MW job, then that's > their choice; they could choose more. That is, they are no longer > innocent on how to get a better than MW job. > > As to gov't subsidies for McDonald's, I'm completely against them as I > am against corporate welfare of any type. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175861 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
