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Our opponents across the Great Reason Divide care not a whit about the logic of this. Their house is built on compassion, and that�s basically all they�ve got. So, What about the poor?! Well, that�s a serious question, a legitimate question, and there is in fact an absolutely compelling answer to that question. But---! The satisfaction you derive from the answer will be dependent on a very simple emotional equation that you already have stored in your head, namely: do you love the poor more than you hate the rich? I can see by the way you are staring at your Birkenstocks that you are disoriented and confused. Let me rephrase the question: would you rather see the poor live better, or would you rather see the rich torn down? I know some people think you need to do the latter to get the former, and in this they are quite completely raving mad, not to mention provably wrong, as we shall see in a moment. Just think about it for a second. What means more to you? Seeing poor people live better, or seeing rich people taken down? If you said the former, then we are in complete agreement, and congratulations on your high moral character. If you said the latter, then you�re just a mean-spirited, bitter failure with nothing better to do with your endless supply of free time than steal from and bitch about those more hardworking, industrious, motivated and socially worthwhile people than yourself. In fact, why are you still here? Don�t you have some signs or giant puppets to make or something? Now I can see a few honest souls who don�t really see how cut-throat capitalism helps the poor. Well, that�s fair, because capitalism is a study in contrasts. In fact, this would be as good a time as any to admit that I�ve spent much of my life worrying myself sick about making enough money to pay the bills. You�ll just have to take my word for this. I know what it�s like to have your phone and electricity cut off. I know what it�s like to avoid the telephone and the mailbox � in fact, I know what it�s like to avoid a stern knock on the door. It sucks. But even during the many times I�ve been out of work, flat broke, worried sick and living off the kindness of my life-saving friends � you guys know who you are � even then, when I was practically throwing up from fear, even then � I have never, ever considered myself a poor person. I have always thought of myself as a rich person experiencing severe cash flow problems. Attitude. That is a distinctly American attitude. Optimism. Hope. Ambition. You break these chains in your head first � everything else will follow. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
