"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:57:55 -0800 (PST), "
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On Mar 8, 2:45 pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:


The objection to substituting private charity for a government safety
net is
that the wealthy individuals who are so generous tend to support those
people, and those ideas, that they favor -- and to hell with everyone
else.
This idea has been floating around for at least 250 years and was a
point of
contention before this country was founded. The real hard-core
conservatives
who provided most of the thought that preceded today's "conservatism" --
people like Milton Friedman, Barry Goldwater and the like --
acknowledged
this point and proposed a negative income tax to deal with it.

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Ed Huntress

I was not suggesting that private charity ought to be promoted as a
substitute for a government safety net.

I was merely pointing out that Hawke has a unrealistic view of the
world. I think he believes that conservatives are not generous.

Dan
Evidently the dumb ******* is not aware that Conservatives are the
largest personal givers of charity. Leftwingers give other peoples
money..and only to keep the poor on the plantation.



Oh but of course they are-explains perfectly so many things about the demise
of the middle class yup yup.

....And...

The moon is made of cheese...

Cheddar, it is in fact..

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