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To: Mark Adams who wrote (3160)	10/18/2001 12:37:18 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24758

I do not support indefinite welfare for the able bodied. When the income tax was created in 1913 the above was stated. By 1970 we had the indefinite welfare state. All along the way lawmakers thought they were doing good by putting in place a system that achieved the opposite of their and its intent. What went wrong? They failed to act on principle and instead acted on expediency. There was a lot of good that needed to be done. It was evident just like your resentment towards those allegedly using gimmicks to avoid paying taxes. No one escapes from retribution even though that it always appears as though they do. Calvanism does work, but you can never see it balancing the books, and you can't expect others to follow your own Calvanism. So, I'm not willing to pony up welfare for that part of the world that does not want to play, or chooses to play by their own rules. But I am willing to try to help those who want to grow as much as possible. That's an honorable thing to express. Individuals should seek to help others on an individual basis. They shouldn't seek to help others on a societal basis in order to do a fictitious good and pay for it by robbing those who don't agree with the fictitious.