> Dana wrote: > I am not trying to say a thing right now actually... just that this concept > exists and is taught in economics classes. I realize that you don't belive > in economics post Adam SMith ::sigh:: but I thought I'd mention this. Oh, > that and, your reaction to this sort of topic always make me wonder what > went wrong in your toilet training. Talk about anal-retentive. >
LOL, yeah, well, I won't deny it. It's just that I grew up on the other side of the tracks and still have lots of friends there I see at gatherings every few years or so. Anyway, some of us chose to become drug addicts, alcoholics, etc and others chose normal lives. We all had to overcome lots of obstacles: genetics, familial alcoholism, not knowing what options are out there, making stupid credit or career mistakes, etc. So here's the one thing I'm willing to pick on those making 200k+ for: 80 hours of community service which would mostly be education; talking to HS classes about stuff you've learned and how you got the income you did. In short, the government's primary role to its citizens should be to provide an equal playing field. Right now the hole is in education: there are thousands of opportunities that poor kids never find out about because they don't know anybody that tells them. Fix that and you've got an equal playing field. Even without, in 99 out of 100 cases adult poverty is a choice. If you dispute that give me just one case where the person isn't handicapped in some way, but is poor not of their own choosing. That person doesn't exist. Not in America. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
