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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (294170)7/15/2006 6:20:26 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1575173
 
A well functioning society is one that requires as few safety nets as possible. I'm not against public works or social programs that help advance society, but I am against those programs that foster an attitude of dependence and entitlement. The dire conditions of poverty are tragic, but they can also be an excellent motivating factor for people to work and study their butts off in order to succeed. I've seen many, many cases of this personally, and I believe that the more we foster this as a society, the less we'll need to depend on safety nets.

You sound like Ayn Rand. Hers and your idea of a well functioning society do not exist. Right now in Phoenix there are three killers on the loose. Two are randomly firing at people as they walk their dogs, go shopping, drive to work. The third is raping women and then killing them. How many times do you hear of those kind of incidents happening in Essen or Stockholm or Vienna? Americans are so enured to the violence in this country, its astounding.......esp. since we are supposed to be first world. In fact, of all the first world countries and even some third world countries, we have the most violence....simultaneously, we have the least amount of safety nets. You do the math.
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