I think the welfare (and other gov't assistance) system needs to be revamped rather than abolished. It is far too easy to 1) take advantage of the system and b) remain on welfare for multiple generations (which I guess could be viewed as taking advantage of the system).
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > hee hee hee :) > Larry...you need to take some deep breaths and re-read what I wrote. > What I was saying is that people that were only interested in money, and > not > in the community. The same people who see the welfare system (as bad as it > is) in America as something that should be abolished, these are the ones > responsible for the world financial crisis. > > It seems you are very passionate about the welfare of the underprivileged > and disadvantaged in society. That's refreshing, and good :) > > 2009/3/23 Larry Lyons <[email protected]> > > > > > >And these people in America are, ironically and sadly, a big part of the > > >reason why the entire world is facing the crisis it is. > > > > > > > Really? I thought that the present crisis was created by those who > strongly > > advocated getting rid of Social Security, or at the very least moving it > > towards a privatized basis - given the recent tanking of the market can > you > > imagine what that would have done to the basic retirement system? > > > > Please specifically list how covering a portion of a 60 year old disabled > > man's medical care has destroyed the financial system. Or helping 4 > mentally > > handicapped adults live independent lives has put the financial system at > > work? > > > > Now lets compare that to the complex mortgage based securities system and > > how that has taken down some of the larger financial companies, and > > potentially the economy. > > > > so what is worse, the corporate welfare system that has existed for the > > last 10 years or so or the personal welfare system that's existed for the > > last 70 or so years. > > > > In your comparison here, look at the number of people that have been > lifted > > from poverty, survived beyond childhood or who have owned their own > homes. > > Lets also consider which system has allowed small groups to get extremely > > wealthy over the backs of the rest of the country. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292566 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
