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To: Road Walker who wrote (403600)	8/1/2008 2:54:49 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572324

Life is never completely fair, but the role of society is to make it as fair as possible. Hmmm. So, you think the role of society is to just take all the money everyone has and divide it up equally, or what? There may some societies where they do that. But this nation was built, from its very core, on the idea that people who strive for success may be able to attain success, and people who don't, probably won't. It does not, and never has, purported to guarantee anyone anything other than what is provided for by the Constitution -- and that does not include union wages, the "right" to only work so many hours in a week, or free health insurance or the "right" to be free from having to reach more than 18" for fear of damaging one's elbow. Most Americans want a fair wage for a day's work. That is not, today, $20 or $25/hour for doing minimum wage work. I think you'd be far more comfortable in the former Soviet Union or Red China.

To: Road Walker who wrote (403600)	8/2/2008 1:31:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1572324

People make their opportunities. And life isn't always fair. Life is never completely fair, but the role of society is to make it as fair as possible. The other nite I was coming home from the gym. This woman was walking in the crosswalk and state law requires that a driver stop.....so I started slowing down. I was struck at how tired the woman looked. She had just gotten off the bus and was carrying three bags of groceries. She looked to be 6 months pregnant and had just spent a long day at work. Somehow I knew she was not having an easy time of it. As she got to the other sidewalk, she turned to me and mouthed the words "thank you". I don't think I have ever seen such dignity in one human being. And then I have to listen to inoys prattle on about let's not pay "the people with poor skillsets" too much money. I know that karma works and that people get what they deserve but these people, mostly Republicans, deserve to get their butts kicked for a long, long time.