[Rhodes22-list] Social programs.

[General Boats]

You are talking about the C.E.O. generation the government coddled after Levitt
left the helm of the SEC, right?

stan/gbi

Rik Sandberg wrote:

> Rummy,
>
> Absolutely agree that a "helping hand" sometimes is necessary and good. What
> we have now is not a helping hand. The better share of these people are
> doing nothing more than mooching their entire existence off of the rest of
> us. Probably can't only blame either them or the government for that though,
> as much as we'd like to, WE are letting them do it to us. I'm with Steve
> here. Once you let people get used to getting stuff for nothing, not only do
> they eventually stop appreciating these benefits, they soon also expect
> more. Just ask them, they'll tell you they *deserve* this stuff. Some folks
> just don't have the strength of character to take pride in making their own
> way through life. Free handouts uncover these types very quickly.
>
> Rik
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:18 AM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Social programs.
>
> > Whether we like having our tax dollars going to social problems or not,
> it's
> > the social programs that help make our society what it is. Without the
> > programs you would have more homeless people, health problems, more crime
> and
> > a social class without a future.
> > I'm not advocating free rides. People need to work at improving their
> > situations, but sometimes circumstances put good people into bad
> situations
> > and they need a helping hand.
> >
> > Rummy
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