--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > 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.
They need to become *developed* first, Shemp, before they can hope to bring their level of poverty up to our level of poverty. That they're not there yet doesn't mean we get to stop working to eliminate poverty here until their poverty catches up with ours (especially since our great capitalistic system that keeps people in poverty here because it's so out of control is also what's keeping the third world nations from becoming developed). You're comparing third world countries to the industrialized nations. Apples and kiwi fruit. 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/
