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To: epicure who wrote (102905)	2/3/2009 11:22:24 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 542381

So the question you have to ask yourself is, do you want a country without any safety nets? If your answer is no, then you do like socialism. Cannot one say "no" to both? You can easily put another cup of water in the soup to feed both the contributors and, say, ten percent non-contributors. If it's a particularly rich and vibrant soup you can add even more water. But sooner or later you will end up with a soup too thin to support life adequately for those who are contributing to the soup, not just eating it. There is a limit to how much dead weight can be carried. A safety net is that first cup of water, maybe a second. After that you cannot maintain the richness and vitality of the soup. We can afford to provide basic sustenance to those who are unable to sustain themselves. We cannot afford to provide a middle class lifestyle to everyone we can squeeze out regardless of contribution. Incentives for contribution cannot be maintained and the resulting soup will be just too thin. What I call "socialists" are people who ignore that.

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