+a million or two > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 6:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Next in line to be labelled Dictator by America > > > Dana wrote: > > what was that about not wanting people to tell you what you > believe? Kindly extend me the same courtesy. No, I don't take > a dim view of my fellow human beings. I take a dim view of > assholes with no insight into social problems :) I really > don't have time to rehash this with you, especially since > experience says you won't listen anyway. > > > > Point taken. But please feel free to explain your position. > > If I understand you, you feel that some people are too dumb > to ever acquire marketable skills, therefore others should > pay their way. And by others you mean not you because you're > busy trying to pay your own way. > > My position is that, unless you've some type of handicap, > you're perfectly capable of productive lucrative work. And > the best way to motivate you to do that work is to say > there're no handouts. If you > want it, you've got to go get it. I back effective education, match > programs, etc. But NO HANDOUTS. Welfare is a handout, > minimum wage is a handout. I know, I used to earn it. > > I grew up on the other side of the tracks and so did my wife. > Nobody in either of our immediate families knew (knows) the > first thing about business, etc. We had to figure it all out > ourselves. After we were done fighting the other problems. > > And I did get handouts from the gov't when I was a kid. You > know what happened to them? I blew it on crap because I was > stupid and had no idea how to leverage capital into a living. > >
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