Hi all:
The welfare ripoff is a classic example of our attitude toward society.
If our society is at all an association, then the elemental rules apply.
One of the basic elements of democracy is freedom of association.
When we are voluntarily associated, then the normal behaviour is to
contribute more to the association than we take from it. That gives it its
substantive value.
When we are associated by compulsion or through an absence of choice,
normal behaviour is to take more from the association than we contribute
toward it.
It seems that we are no longer of the opinion that we are "freely
associated" in our democracy.
That means that we no longer support the "brand" of democracy being
practiced. That, in turn, is an indictment of our political system.
Just a thought.
Regards
Ed G
At 04:30 PM 14/07/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Well Keith,
>
>I hear the complaints and we have plenty of the reverse over here. Same
>complaints except a private system. Over here you can spend all of your
>time trying to find a doctor who takes your private health care plan.
>Most of the time you see "Medical assistants" who are nurses who the doctor
>allows to prescribe and diagnose. From what you are saying I suspect we
>do the big things better than you but the everyday stuff that leads up to it
>you would be better off doing it yourself over here. No one is in charge
>and the ability to avoid malpractice rules everything.
>
>Personally I still believe that it is about personal laziness, a lack of
>self motivation and the inability to resist stealing from the system that
>everyone depends upon in one way or another. They are acting like all of
>those Christian Minister's descriptions of original sin except they don't
>believe there is retribution so nothing seems to stop them. There is no
>social conscience or even consciousness.
>
>Ray
>
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