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post #136 of 142
4/1/10 at 11:01pm
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We could just build more jails. It would cost about the same, though at least we wouldn't be rewarding people for being generally useless. But I don't share your low opinion of poor people. I think they are lazy, but not necessarily violent and evil. It takes about as much effort to conquer land as it does to get a job, if not more.

As for the ones who truly are by nature violent and evil, you are essentially advocating that we hold productive citizens hostage to their violent and evil nature. I find this mildly depressing.

You and your thought process are mildly depressing
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post #137 of 142
4/2/10 at 1:54am
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And I say that the vast majority of those in abject poverty are perfectly able to sustain themselves. The gym that I use, a YMCA, is FULL of people who constantly brag about the benefits they have and share tips on how best to get more. And here they are wasting hours upon hours at the gym because all they do while they are there is talk loudly and occasionally lift weights.

Not to be able to acquire some useful skills and parlay them into gainful employment, today in the United States, one would have to be mentally retarded. What we do with mentally retarded people is another question, but most people on food stamps are not mentally retarded, AFAIK.
Again, your ignorance outshines any validity your arguments might have. You have no idea how prevalent mental illness is among people on food stamps.
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post #138 of 142
4/2/10 at 1:58am
83gilt i don't think that millions of childless, unmarried, employable white males are living in dire poverty and surviving off food stamps.
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post #139 of 142
4/2/10 at 5:49am
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We could just build more jails. It would cost about the same, though at least we wouldn't be rewarding people for being generally useless.
The bankers won't take much jail space. We can cram them in six to a cell and feed them mouse feces mixed with water bugs.
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But I don't share your low opinion of poor people. I think they are lazy, but not necessarily violent and evil. It takes about as much effort to conquer land as it does to get a job, if not more.
Don't be so modest. You hate the poor and you're loving it.
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As for the ones who truly are by nature violent and evil, you are essentially advocating that we hold productive citizens hostage to their violent and evil nature. I find this mildly depressing.
Since usurers and land barons are the ones who are totally nonproductive, and by nature violent and evil, I have no idea why you think I want to hold the hand-to-mouth laborers hostage to the nature of their oppressors. You're dissembling.
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You and your thought process are mildly depressing
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post #140 of 142
4/2/10 at 7:22am
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The bankers won't take much jail space. We can cram them in six to a cell and feed them mouse feces mixed with water bugs.

Don't be so modest. You hate the poor and you're loving it.

Since usurers and land barons are the ones who are totally nonproductive, and by nature violent and evil, I have no idea why you think I want to hold the hand-to-mouth laborers hostage to the nature of their oppressors. You're dissembling.

I've read The Jungle too. Happy Friday everybody!!
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post #141 of 142
4/2/10 at 7:15pm
Food stamps do not exist any more. You get a freaking debit card that only works at grocery stores. My friend who works at a high end grocery store tells me stories about people on welfare going in there and buying steaks with their food card. It's ridiculous!
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post #142 of 142
4/5/10 at 2:14am
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83gilt i don't think that millions of childless, unmarried, employable white males are living in dire poverty and surviving off food stamps.
Teger, I don't think I ever said that.
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