On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:56:29 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:41:17 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dave Hall wrote:

Do rich people need section 8 housing? Public schools? Healthcare
subsidies? Welfare? W.I.C.? Planned parenthood? Social security?

Of course...these programs help keep the poor folks "in their place," so
they don't ride out to the suburbs in dump trucks and string whitey up
on the nearest available trees. Just ask Rush. You really are a piece of
work, Dave.

Your personal feelings aside (they aren't relevant), the fact remains
that the government pours a ton of tax money into these programs. None
of which directly benefit "affluent" people.

Dave



Of course they do. Without these programs, corporate America would have
a harder time finding workers it could underpay and overwork.


Most of "corporate America" needs people with greater skillsets than
the people who tend to favor government handouts to working.

In actuality, if a slacker can scam a handout from the government,
that effectively raises the minimum wage that these same people would
be willing to accept to leave the welfare roles. If there were no
public assistance, desperation would force people to work for a much
lower wage.

Dave