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To: Taro who wrote (214041)	12/31/2004 12:10:44 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577868

Guys, this is all about socialism or capitalism. It is not one or the other but a measured blend of both. A responsible society acknoweledges that a system made up on the concept of "every one for himself" is bound to be replete with inequities and unecceptable imbalances...as we see so well today in the US, where more than 40M people have no health coverage. Al

To: Taro who wrote (214041)	12/31/2004 4:54:04 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577868

Good post, Taro. That is exactly correct. The majority of charity in the U.S. comes from the people, not from the gov't and frankly most of us would prefer it that way. In the U.S., we found out long ago that when you rely on the gov't to allocated and spend money, they do almost everything less efficiently than the private sector. There are a few notable exceptions. However, charity is not one of them. Charity is best left to the individuals who can and should decide how much to give back. What cracks me up is people like John Fowler bitch and moan about the deficits on the one hand and then bitch and moan that our gov't isn't spending enough on all sorts of other things on the other hand. Then if you call him on it, he calls you names. Very inconsistent and very juvenile.