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Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: spiral3 who wrote (71020)	6/6/2008 8:09:19 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542829

Lord this is deep. Not wanting to hurt? What does that mean? One cannot raise children and be afraid to expose them to consequences of negative behavior. These consequences are a huge part of our current situation as a country and the desire of some to remove these consequences. There in lies the challenge. If someone drops out of school and is now financially disadvantaged - how do we reward/punish that behavior? If someone spends money they do not have and goes bankrupt - how do we reward/punish that behavior. Political pandering that says your troubles are not your fault - how do we recognize that? How do we reward or punish that behavior? This is a large issue of our current national political situation. How we balance reward and lack thereof is going to be interesting to see.