--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > 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
The things you call "poverty" here, I would call something else, not poverty. And, yes, I agree we don't stop working to eliminate those negative things. I just don't agree with the word poverty and the use of it, I believe, does no one any good. > 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). To a certain extent I agree. What's needed here is MORE capitalism, just as more is needed in non- industrialized countries. Also less governmental interference, both here and in the countries with dire poverty. > > 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/
