Ignoramus27744 wrote:

On 2010-11-02, Michael A. Terrell ? wrote:
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? Ignoramus27744 wrote:
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?? On 2010-11-02, Michael A. Terrell ? wrote:
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?? ? Ignoramus31297 wrote:
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?? ?? On 2010-11-02, Michael A. Terrell ? wrote:
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?? ?? ? Gunner Asch wrote:
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?? ?? ?? On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:50:28 -0500, Ignoramus31297
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?? ?? ?? ?On 2010-11-02, Gunner Asch ? wrote:
?? ?? ?? ?? "Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
?? ?? ?? ?? or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
?? ?? ?? ?? caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
?? ?? ?? ?? isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
?? ?? ?? ?? Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
?? ?? ?? ?? results." - John Tucci,
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?? ?? ?? ?It is also often caused by medical or mental problems. In the United
?? ?? ?? ?States, absent the above two problems, it is very easy not to be in
?? ?? ?? ?poverty. All one needs is to keep his act together.
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?? ?? ?? Tell that to someone hit by a stoner in a VW
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?? ?? ? Iggy just doesn't get it. Not everyone can fall into a cesspool and
?? ?? ? come out with a gold brick. OTOH, 'Luck' is a fickle bitch.
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?? ?? So, then, you disagree with Gunner's signature above?
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?? ? What disagreement? Are you drinking again? Or don't you understand
?? ? what 'A change of luck' is?
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?? Read the sentence from Gunner that I quoted:
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?? ``Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
?? results.''
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?? Do you agree, or disagree, with that sentence?
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? Sigh. Poverty has many causes, and obesity can be caused by medical
? problems, or according to recent research, it may have a genetic cause
? for some people.
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? If you lost your job and couldn't find any work, how is that a 'life
? choice'? You have an accident and can't work isn't a choice. Your
? health fails, and it isn't a choice. There are hundreds, or even
? thousands of things that can put you into poverty. If you are forced
? into poverty you can't afford good food, so you have to live on the
? cheapest you can buy, which are full of starches ? sugars.
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? Engineers with six figure incomes have ended up homeless when their
? job market changes. How is that a 'life choice'?
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? Once again, I say you have no clue.
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So, you said a lot of blah blah blah, but you did not say whether you
agree or disagree with that sentence from Gunner's signature.


I stated my position. Take it or leave it.


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