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To: flatsville who wrote (33697)	11/3/2000 4:07:11 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<I agree...but what we got here doesn't even come close...just a few strategically applied patches to keep the social fabric from ripping to shreads.> I disagree... sending your parents off to live in G paid for housing so one doesn't have to watch them waste away IS ripping the social fabric. DAK

To: flatsville who wrote (33697)	11/3/2000 4:41:46 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

flats, must say that the European welfare system, for all its shortcomings, is not an entirely bad thing. specifically universal health coverage seems not an undesirable state of affairs. but at its height, the welfare state's tentacles had clearly grown too ubiquitous and began to hamper economic growth and development. agree also that the US are far from experiencing even an inkling of socialism. and i do not regard Bore as a socialist at all, in spite of his anti big business rhetoric i believe him to be as firmly in big business's pockets as Shrubs is. the differences between those two are really rather cosmetic in nature. personally i find Shrubs is the more human of the two...as for his lack of intellectual prowess, i think the Android isn't exactly the brightest light either, and he's getting caught in an awful lot of harmless little lies. that's something that makes me feel very uneasy, even though it is clear that almost every politician lies as a matter of course. in terms of policies, i think we shouldn't expect anything radical from either of the two. about 9/10th of their respective election promises will shatter on the cliffs of reality. otherwise, Bore will probably expand government a bit faster than Shrubs, and is less likely to cut taxes. if he gets elected, we'll have to suffer through many a deadly boring speech. in terms of speeches, Shrubs will have more entertainment value due to his propensity for gaffes. the biggest single factor that speaks for Shrubs is however his running mate, who strikes me as the most thoughtful of all involved. the Robot's pious veep is a tad too fixated on his religion for my taste... the best solution would be to elect Shrubs, and immediately after the election have him run over by a truck...then Cheney would be prez which would be an excellent compromise.