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To: Lane3 who wrote (835)6/17/2005 2:03:31 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 544178
 
I agree that poverty is relative, which is why we won't ever be able to get rid of it in our country. No matter what we give to the poor, they will never be as rich as the rich. So all we're doing is upping our threshold for poverty, which is a limitless process. There have to be poor people or our world can't work. It's not cruel to think so, just accepting of the inevitable. I don't think that activists get that.


I couldn't agree more.

Now, can we only get some of the activists to understand this? And understand that it isn't cruel, it's just reality?



To: Lane3 who wrote (835)6/17/2005 3:42:35 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 544178
 
On another thread I faced a huge argument when I tried to argue that $50k a year wasn't poverty or near poverty.

Tim


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