On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:42:08AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > >> > > As has already been said, if a poor person is still poor despite working > > hard, then it is nearly always because of bad decisions. I suppose that > > you think that the government should just be making everyone's decisions > > for them so that all the decisions that are made are "good". > > Go read Freddy Freeloader's post about extraordinary circumstances, and > remember it can happen to anyone. > Now, *you* go back and read it and remember that it is *by far* the exception and not the rule. The vast majority of people in poverty are perfectly healthy and able to work, but *choose* not to. My heart goes out to people like Freddy, and his situation is unfortunate, but using the legitimate situation of a few people to legitimize a whole group of people who refuse to do for themselves or otherwise choose not to is completely unfair to people like Freddy.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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