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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (29805)1/31/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
<On the subject of state-supported welfare: have you considered the possibility that
the motivation behind such systems may not be entirely altruistic? We would not be
the first to conclude that it is cheaper to subsidize the basic needs of the poor than
to suppress the violence that tends to break out when those needs are not met.
Bread and circuses, and all that stuff...>

I for one think that this is an extremely valid argument, and am not sure what Terrence is asserting when he says that it is not.

Terrence, could you please explain?
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