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| "Rich people, healthy people, they don't need much attention from the government." (just heard on Larry King Live) So why do they get so much? :-) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: George McGovern quote
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| (...) At a guess -- and this is just a guess, mind you -- they pay for it and they work for it. All at the expense of neglecting the poor and the infirm, who deserve it more. (1) Cheers, - jsproat 1. Yes, this is chum for a troll. Discuss. :-, (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: George McGovern quote
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| (...) I'll bite and expand it a little. Since the rich would not have been able to get rich in the first place without the benefit of the system and people on whose backs they climbed (the low income schlubs who work for them), they *do* owe a debt (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: George McGovern quote
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| (...) But are you referring to a socialist society or a capitalist society? Surely, in a socialist society, you owe everything to everyone, and in a capitalist one you owe it all to yourself. How about we start with a given: we need both. A purely (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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