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Re: George McGovern quote
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:22:40 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.antispamNET
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Sproaticus wrote:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > "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? :-)
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> At a guess -- and this is just a guess, mind you -- they pay for it and they
> work for it.
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> All at the expense of neglecting the poor and the infirm, who deserve it
> more. (1)
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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> 1. Yes, this is chum for a troll. Discuss. :-,
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 to society.
-John
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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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| (...) 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)
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