On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > You think we see the balance differently but you don't ever bother to > engage, just demagogue.
Sorry, I figured you'd be into your usual name calling by now. Was expecting you actually wanting to engage. My bad. > I don't believe in encouraging people to quit > their jobs in search of a hand out and I believe in rewarding hard > work. It's human nature, some people like to work hard and some just do what it takes to get by. People just getting by are more likely to find an easy out if they see someone else lounging around while on the dole. That's just the way it is. > There is a reason I've started more than one company, why I've > hired and fired employees. And growing up in a family where my mother > benefited from welfare-to-work training programs and pulled herself up > by her bootstraps, I can also see the immense value in social welfare > programs. And I agree very limited and controlled aid is necessary, but people that appreciate socialism in my opinion are in the-more-the-better mindset. The best think you can do to help people is teach them to help themselves. As in your mothers training. Socialism is more about doing what you want for the same pay as everyone else rather than improving yourself for survival. I knew a barber from Russia that told me he disliked the American system because he had to work hard to feed himself. He said in Russia the young worked super fast giving a hundred haircuts a day and as you get older you cut maybe 10. It all balances out and after work you're all the same, he used to hang out with generals and doctors and they all earned the same wages. I never asked him why he left. > Anyway, my point was that Socialism isn't a bad concept, just like > Capitalism isn't. You can choose to demonize a word without any > understanding or nuance, but that doesn't mean that everyone else > doesn't approach it with an appreciation for its pros and cons. My point is a tiny bit of socialism with a huge portion of Capitalism is my idea o the right balance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311745 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
