From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Sep 23 2005 - 22:50:15 BST
> [Case]
> As Jesus said the Poor will be with us always. I don't believe he meant
> this to mean we should ignore them. The fact that poverty has not been
> totally illiminated in no way suggests that there is fraud or theft
> involved.
The fact that it hasn't been reduced after spending trillions to reduce it
suggests fraud and theft is involved. How else do you explain the
monumental failure of the "war on poverty"?
> [Case]
> So you think it serves the long term interests of our country to offer our
> child substandard educations?
Since throwing more money at the problem isn't the answer, what do you
propose to do about our substandard educational system. I vote for
vouchers.
> [Case]
> Suggesting that abortion is murder is a rhetorical tactic of the religious
> right. It has no basis in fact or in law.
What do you call killing babies?
> I think my examples are certainly more typical than yours. For every
> Clarence Thomas there are thousands of people who don't make it despite
> their best efforts.
Depends on what you mean by "make it."
> [Case]
> So these are not socialist activities? It seems that you don't object to
> them in principle you only object to being taxed to pay for them. Hmm, so
> which functions of govenment do you regard as "socialist"?
I don't object to taxes to fund the legitimate activities of government I
cited. Socialist activities of government include wealth redistribution
from the rich to the poor.
> [Case]
> And Nixon instituted wage and price controls in an attempt to stop the
> inflation cycle that eventually cursed us with Ronald Reagon. What is your
> point?
Your original point was that liberals balance budgets, which is like an
argument that liberals start wars if you simply go by who was in power at
the time.
Platt
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