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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:16:10 -0700, "Dan" wrote:
Just as conservative, Republican, and NeoCon are different groups. How so? What about "librarians" like gummer? -- Cliff |
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Gunner wrote: Why do you need to make up an example of something nutty as and ATV riding fad to explain a rise in infant mortality? How about some real scenarios, like poverty, disease, lack of health care, women who are too young to have children, drug use, alcohol use, and STDs? With so much to choose from that actually exist and reflects directly upon quality of life why did you choose some silly-assed hypothetical? Because the vast majority of those infant deaths are the result of life choices by the mothers. They are in poverty because they made the choice to be a drunk or more likely a druggie. And they CAN afford the high costs of addiction because there is enough loose money floating around that they can get their hands on it by one method or another to buy their drugs of choice, and spawn crack babies and babies with fetal alcohol syndrome etc, and still yet get enough care that they are not miscarrying in an alley somewhere. There are more people in the US than jobs, so even if everyone were choosing to work hard there would be poor. Beyond that, I have personal experience with trying to live off minimum wage, and I'm not an addict. I could get by, but there was no way I was going to pay for school. Without school it gets damn difficult to get a job worth more than minimum wage. After staying at the same place for four years I got a $.45 raise, which was almost enough to offset the increase in my rent over that time. Each year after basic expenses I was able to save up roughly $200 dollars, which got wiped out every year one way or another. Once my glasses broke, once I got so sick I couldn't work for a month, and once my work decided to change the parking rules underneath my car, giving me close to $300 in parking fines with no chance to move my vehicle. **** happens. And I didn't have any kids, didn't have to take care of my own parents, and didn't have any medical problems. So, no offense, but when I hear people tell me that all of the poor are poor by choice I have to laugh. Hard. Are you unable to find a real example of high infant mortality not reflecting a poor quality of life? Even if you did, would it be statistically significant enough to counteract all the correlations between a low standard of living high infant mortality? A low standard of living with cable tv, a car, a phone, cell phone, booze and drugs? I had none of that. I had a bed, clothes, some dishes, and a ton of books I got for free at the used book store. A real shame your fantasies couldn't miracle a bunch of free stuff into my apartment. Compare that with a turd worlder who has dead kids because of lack of proper food or exposure. How many skinny poor Americans have you seen? Other than the crack heads and the winos, who spend their money on their drug of choice. Visit any welfare office and take an informal poll on girth. Those folks are eating. Just not eating the right healthy stuff. And thats their choice. Life is worse in some places, sure, but that doesn't make things any better elsewhere. Maybe the poor are fat where you're from, but not over here. I had to bring up an off the wall hypothetical to catch your attention. You seem to think that the "poor" in the US matches the actual poor in other countries. Have you ever looked at the figures in the US poverty level index? Have you ever checked into the freebies such as decent medical care the "poor" have readily available to them? And yet they have kids that die a couple points higher than other countries that have a far far lower ability or opportunity for medical care and income. Why is that? Perhaps its the drugs, the booze and the **** poor life choices? Got cites to the contrary? The decent medical care is? So I'm expected to provide cites and you're expected to provide pregnant women riding ATVs? I don't think that the poor in the US are on the same level as the poor elsewhere in the world, but that doesn't mean poverty over here magically has no bearing on life expectancy and standard of living. If that isn't enough, I was comparing the US and Europe and your counter-argument is that the third (note: spelling) world is even worse? What kind of reasoning is that? -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:09:11 -0500, "B.B."
u wrote: In article , Gunner wrote: Why do you need to make up an example of something nutty as and ATV riding fad to explain a rise in infant mortality? How about some real scenarios, like poverty, disease, lack of health care, women who are too young to have children, drug use, alcohol use, and STDs? With so much to choose from that actually exist and reflects directly upon quality of life why did you choose some silly-assed hypothetical? Because the vast majority of those infant deaths are the result of life choices by the mothers. They are in poverty because they made the choice to be a drunk or more likely a druggie. And they CAN afford the high costs of addiction because there is enough loose money floating around that they can get their hands on it by one method or another to buy their drugs of choice, and spawn crack babies and babies with fetal alcohol syndrome etc, and still yet get enough care that they are not miscarrying in an alley somewhere. There are more people in the US than jobs, so even if everyone were choosing to work hard there would be poor. Indeed..but you will have to define "poor" Beyond that, I have personal experience with trying to live off minimum wage, and I'm not an addict. I could get by, but there was no way I was going to pay for school. Without school it gets damn difficult to get a job worth more than minimum wage. After staying at the same place for four years I got a $.45 raise, which was almost enough to offset the increase in my rent over that time. Each year after basic expenses I was able to save up roughly $200 dollars, which got wiped out every year one way or another. Once my glasses broke, once I got so sick I couldn't work for a month, and once my work decided to change the parking rules underneath my car, giving me close to $300 in parking fines with no chance to move my vehicle. **** happens. Yes it does. Are you poor now? Or did you get make some life decisions to not be poor any more? And I didn't have any kids, didn't have to take care of my own parents, and didn't have any medical problems. So, no offense, but when I hear people tell me that all of the poor are poor by choice I have to laugh. Hard. All? No. Most? Yes indeed. Been there, done that. Got the T-shirt. Recall my comments some time back about dumpster diving and the flack I took from Fast Eddy? Are you unable to find a real example of high infant mortality not reflecting a poor quality of life? Even if you did, would it be statistically significant enough to counteract all the correlations between a low standard of living high infant mortality? A low standard of living with cable tv, a car, a phone, cell phone, booze and drugs? I had none of that. I had a bed, clothes, some dishes, and a ton of books I got for free at the used book store. A real shame your fantasies couldn't miracle a bunch of free stuff into my apartment. I suggest you go talk to some of the "poor". Compare that with a turd worlder who has dead kids because of lack of proper food or exposure. How many skinny poor Americans have you seen? Other than the crack heads and the winos, who spend their money on their drug of choice. Visit any welfare office and take an informal poll on girth. Those folks are eating. Just not eating the right healthy stuff. And thats their choice. Life is worse in some places, sure, but that doesn't make things any better elsewhere. Maybe the poor are fat where you're from, but not over here. Over where? I live in California. I had to bring up an off the wall hypothetical to catch your attention. You seem to think that the "poor" in the US matches the actual poor in other countries. Have you ever looked at the figures in the US poverty level index? Have you ever checked into the freebies such as decent medical care the "poor" have readily available to them? And yet they have kids that die a couple points higher than other countries that have a far far lower ability or opportunity for medical care and income. Why is that? Perhaps its the drugs, the booze and the **** poor life choices? Got cites to the contrary? The decent medical care is? That would be a good start. So I'm expected to provide cites and you're expected to provide pregnant women riding ATVs? Got your attention didnt it? I don't think that the poor in the US are on the same level as the poor elsewhere in the world, but that doesn't mean poverty over here magically has no bearing on life expectancy and standard of living. If that isn't enough, I was comparing the US and Europe and your counter-argument is that the third (note: spelling) world is even worse? What kind of reasoning is that? turd world is exactly what I intended to write and for good reason. Ever spend time in those countries? Your claims that the poor majority are only victims of life and have no resources availble to them in the US is incredibly in error. You were the person that voluntarily worked for the same job for FOUR years and stayed there even though you were not getting a decent living from it? Perhaps we should examine that factoid a bit closer..hummmm? Gunner Gunner "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules. Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner |
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In article ,
Gunner wrote: There are more people in the US than jobs, so even if everyone were choosing to work hard there would be poor. Indeed..but you will have to define "poor" Less money than required to pay for all the basics for yourself and your dependents. Beyond that, I have personal experience with trying to live off minimum wage, and I'm not an addict. I could get by, but there was no way I was going to pay for school. Without school it gets damn difficult to get a job worth more than minimum wage. After staying at the same place for four years I got a $.45 raise, which was almost enough to offset the increase in my rent over that time. Each year after basic expenses I was able to save up roughly $200 dollars, which got wiped out every year one way or another. Once my glasses broke, once I got so sick I couldn't work for a month, and once my work decided to change the parking rules underneath my car, giving me close to $300 in parking fines with no chance to move my vehicle. **** happens. Yes it does. Are you poor now? Or did you get make some life decisions to not be poor any more? I got a bunch of money from my parents and went to school. How many poor people have that option? And I didn't have any kids, didn't have to take care of my own parents, and didn't have any medical problems. So, no offense, but when I hear people tell me that all of the poor are poor by choice I have to laugh. Hard. All? No. Most? Yes indeed. Been there, done that. Got the T-shirt. Recall my comments some time back about dumpster diving and the flack I took from Fast Eddy? If you're not arguing that all of the poor are poor by choice then your comment earlier in this thread about the poor being poor by virtue of their own decisions has pretty much nothing at all to do with the discussions at hand, so this is all moot. Are you unable to find a real example of high infant mortality not reflecting a poor quality of life? Even if you did, would it be statistically significant enough to counteract all the correlations between a low standard of living high infant mortality? A low standard of living with cable tv, a car, a phone, cell phone, booze and drugs? I had none of that. I had a bed, clothes, some dishes, and a ton of books I got for free at the used book store. A real shame your fantasies couldn't miracle a bunch of free stuff into my apartment. I suggest you go talk to some of the "poor". Why? Will they then travel back in time and stock my old apartment with furniture, TV, and cable? No, so again, it's moot. I'm talking about the actual poor, you're talking about people who aren't poor, yet you keep calling them "poor." So what's your point, Gunner? Life is worse in some places, sure, but that doesn't make things any better elsewhere. Maybe the poor are fat where you're from, but not over here. Over where? I live in California. Wherever you're seeing all of these fat poor people with cars, houses, and disposable income. If that's in California, so be it. It ain't in Texas. Got cites to the contrary? The decent medical care is? That would be a good start. So I'm expected to provide cites and you're expected to provide pregnant women riding ATVs? Got your attention didnt it? Yeah, you have my attention, so how about dropping the attention-getting BS and focus on reality? I don't think that the poor in the US are on the same level as the poor elsewhere in the world, but that doesn't mean poverty over here magically has no bearing on life expectancy and standard of living. If that isn't enough, I was comparing the US and Europe and your counter-argument is that the third (note: spelling) world is even worse? What kind of reasoning is that? turd world is exactly what I intended to write and for good reason. Ever spend time in those countries? Your claims that the poor majority are only victims of life and have no resources availble to them in the US is incredibly in error. I did not claim that. I claimed that being poor (really poor, not "poor" as you like to put it) has a negative effect on the standard of living. Specifically, infant mortality. If you got more than that, make sure you're adequately filtering out the attention-getting bull**** you injected into the conversation earlier. You were the person that voluntarily worked for the same job for FOUR years and stayed there even though you were not getting a decent living from it? Perhaps we should examine that factoid a bit closer..hummmm? During that four years I was continually looking for a better job. However, that job came with one huge benefit: I got to eat there for free two meals a day. If I had taken any other job without that benefit I'd have to factor in the price of buying that much more food. So, yeah, it was voluntary. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:59:20 -0500, "B.B."
u wrote: All? No. Most? Yes indeed. Been there, done that. Got the T-shirt. Recall my comments some time back about dumpster diving and the flack I took from Fast Eddy? If you're not arguing that all of the poor are poor by choice then your comment earlier in this thread about the poor being poor by virtue of their own decisions has pretty much nothing at all to do with the discussions at hand, so this is all moot. Problem solved. Gummer just has to decide to become rich. Otherwise everything he whines about is his own fault. -- Cliff |
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Cliff wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:59:20 -0500, "B.B." u wrote: All? No. Most? Yes indeed. Been there, done that. Got the T-shirt. Recall my comments some time back about dumpster diving and the flack I took from Fast Eddy? If you're not arguing that all of the poor are poor by choice then your comment earlier in this thread about the poor being poor by virtue of their own decisions has pretty much nothing at all to do with the discussions at hand, so this is all moot. Problem solved. You're going to commit suicide, correct? |
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