Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Where Is the Wealth of Nations?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Vern Green wrote:

> True, but again, I am not asking the government to help me... well 
> correction, I did get some government grants to go back to school.

So you are "living proof" (to use your term), like Clarence Thomas, that 
"government handouts" (wasn't that also your term?) can be a great help to 
young people who are trying to make something of themselves.


> > Are they?  And in this they are unlike other people?  For example, 
> > Republicans are different?
>
> Well obviously I tend to think they are. When a liberal hears about a 
> woman that is killed by a mountain lion, and more money gets sent to the 
> mountin lion cubs trust fund than the one set up for the now motherless 
> children, I tent to think that is an emotional reaction.

Sorry, I didn't know about that "liberal" cause.  Can you elaborate?  Are 
you saying that Republicans want to send money to the families of people 
who are killed by wild animals?  And I thought they only wanted to spend 
money on warfare and on promoting the interests of the big businesses that 
fund their campaigns.


> The way I see it, the democrats want to provide handouts to the needy by 
> taking it from the rich. I like to say that this is a lot like feeding 
> the wild bears at Yosemite. There are signs all over that say, "Don't 
> feed the bears" why is that? Because if you feed the bears, they become 
> dependent on it and become dangerous when the handouts stop.

Now that you've had your government handouts, are you dangerous?  In what 
sense has the government made you dangerous?

Mike

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