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To: SilentZ who wrote (663147)	7/21/2012 2:12:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576890

Why on earth shouldn't I be willing to put money back into the system so it continue to help not just other people, but myself as well, and give a little more security to people who end up on the wrong side of those 50-50 situations? We know that Mitt arranged his life so that he couldn't possibly be anything but superduperultrawealthy, even if he failed, in ways that don't seem terribly kosher. Why shouldn't we at least make sure that other people can take risks without ending up destitute? You ask the million dollar question............I don't get it. Your experience has been my experience.........giving back is what I was taught growing up. I thought it was part of the Judeo Christian ethos. These guys think otherwise.........and they get angry if anyone thinks to the contrary.

To: SilentZ who wrote (663147)	7/21/2012 2:55:38 PM
From: Jim McMannis	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576890

The key is the private sector. Mitt did it through the private sector. One shouldn't expect the same through the public sector. That is the USA. That is the way it is and should be.

To: SilentZ who wrote (663147)	7/21/2012 2:58:21 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576890

Interesting e-mail going around..... ---- I found this in my drafts…sorry if I sent it before. PRECISION PSYCHOLOGY Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string from the top and then you place a set of stairs under the banana. Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey makes an attempt with same result ... all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted. Next, remove another of the original five monkeys, replacing it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment...... with enthusiasm. Then, replace a third original monkey with a new one, followed by the fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs he is attacked. Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Finally, having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana. Why, you ask? Because in their minds...that is the way it has always been! This, my friends, is how Government operates... and this is why, from time to time: ALL of the monkeys need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME.