--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > <snip> > > An incredible formula for removing poverty, improving the lives of > > the poorest of the poor and the most disenfranchised has been > > realized in this country. And it's been a result of the free > > enterprise system along with some governmental social programs that > > provide a safety net of basic necessities. > > > > There are many in this country that not only do not recognize this > > but reject it when the evidence is placed before them. > > Or maybe what we recognize is that similar formulas > have been realized in *many* developed countries--even > those with fewer resources. And some of them work > better than ours. > > So to pat ourselves on the back and figure we've > handled it doesn't seem all that appropriate. >
There's always room for improvement. And if some other country has a better way of doing things we should adapt and adopt them. But the reverse is also true: other countries should recognize how good things work here and adopt those policies so that they, too, can benefit from them. One of the things we've done is eliminate poverty; the public policies that have led to that should be encouraged and perpetuated throughout the world. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
