On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:04:56 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Vietnam Vet Freezes To Death Christmas Eve
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A very high percentage of homeless males in that age group are
Vietnam-era vets. Of those, an extremely high number are suffering form
some sort of mental illness. It's too bad we no longer have a safety net.

Only in America........Billions of dollars spent on war and not enough to
have housing for the homeless.

Maybe if the homeless would get a job, they wouldn't be homeless.
Wal-Mart is always hiring.......


When I was in Havana, last winter, I noticed a signboard on a large building
in the downtown area. On this sign was written, in English, " 30,000
children slept in the streets last night. Not one was Cuban." This sign
is in reference to the homeless in the USA. In Cuba, everyone has a
home,provided by the government, or built by the people themselves.

There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.


There are homeless people living in the streets of Toronto, but it is their
choice to do so. Not anyone here has to be homeless.

That's true everywhere. If one has the will to better themselves they
can find a way. America is the land of opportunity. But it is NOT the
land of guarantees.

Dave

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.
Dave

Hi Dave: Have you ever been to Cuba or do you just listen to Bush's
propaganda about Cuba?

The houses there do not have leaky roofs any more than you have one.
Everyone is not in poverty there. Before you type your comments, get your
facts straight. There are new cars being purchased, just not American
ones.

I have been there. I have family that lives there for part of the year and
have been doing so for more than 30 years.
Of course, life there could be better if the USA would lift the embargo.

Jim

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.
Dave

Hi Dave: Have you ever been to Cuba or do you just listen to Bush's
propaganda about Cuba?

The houses there do not have leaky roofs any more than you have one.
Everyone is not in poverty there. Before you type your comments, get your
facts straight. There are new cars being purchased, just not American
ones.

I have been there. I have family that lives there for part of the year
and
have been doing so for more than 30 years.
Of course, life there could be better if the USA would lift the embargo.

Communism is a failure why should we support it?

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:53:43 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.
Dave

Hi Dave: Have you ever been to Cuba or do you just listen to Bush's
propaganda about Cuba?

I'm not allowed to go to Cuba. But I have been to Florida, and I know
many former Cubans. The stories they tell are not good ones. Why do
you suppose they come in droves to this country in anything that
floats?

The houses there do not have leaky roofs any more than you have one.
Everyone is not in poverty there.

No, like in most communist/socialist nations, there are a minority of
"connected" people who enjoy some of the fruits normally associated
with democratic societies. But the majority of the people live in what
would be considered poverty by our standards.


Before you type your comments, get your
facts straight.

As always, my facts are straight. Otherwise I wouldn't post them.


There are new cars being purchased, just not American
ones.

Funny, the cars that are shown there make it look like a time warp
back to the 60's. The common people still maintain cars that I can't
even find in a junkyard anymore here.The truck converted to a boat
that brought that load from Cuba last year was a 1953 model. The
Buick-boat that came here about a year ago was a 1959 model IIRC.


I have been there. I have family that lives there for part of the year and
have been doing so for more than 30 years.
Of course, life there could be better if the USA would lift the embargo.

So how far removed is Fidel from your family?

Dave

My daughter's college friend went to visit family in Cuba about 5 years ago.
She kissed the ground on returning to the USA. She said it was very
depressing seeing the poverty and living conditions of the people. Her
people are probably common folk as opposed to the upper echelon group, close
to Fidel, that the Canadian's live among.
Bill

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:53:43 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
.. .
There's a wonderful example. Everyone has a roof over the heads, but
most of them leak. Everyone is equal in poverty. At least in a free
market government, the people who achieve can rise above it. In
socialist/communist nations, the achievers pay for the non-achievers
thereby discouraging anyone from achieving, as there are no extra
rewards for doing so.
Dave

Hi Dave: Have you ever been to Cuba or do you just listen to Bush's
propaganda about Cuba?

I'm not allowed to go to Cuba. But I have been to Florida, and I know
many former Cubans. The stories they tell are not good ones. Why do
you suppose they come in droves to this country in anything that
floats?

The houses there do not have leaky roofs any more than you have one.
Everyone is not in poverty there.

No, like in most communist/socialist nations, there are a minority of
"connected" people who enjoy some of the fruits normally associated
with democratic societies. But the majority of the people live in what
would be considered poverty by our standards.


Before you type your comments, get your
facts straight.

As always, my facts are straight. Otherwise I wouldn't post them.


There are new cars being purchased, just not American
ones.

Funny, the cars that are shown there make it look like a time warp
back to the 60's. The common people still maintain cars that I can't
even find in a junkyard anymore here.The truck converted to a boat
that brought that load from Cuba last year was a 1953 model. The
Buick-boat that came here about a year ago was a 1959 model IIRC.


I have been there. I have family that lives there for part of the year
and
have been doing so for more than 30 years.
Of course, life there could be better if the USA would lift the embargo.

So how far removed is Fidel from your family?

Dave

Calif Bill wrote:
My daughter's college friend went to visit family in Cuba about 5
years ago.
She kissed the ground on returning to the USA. She said it was very
depressing seeing the poverty and living conditions of the people.
Her
people are probably common folk as opposed to the upper echelon
group, close
to Fidel, that the Canadian's live among.
Bill

Horse****. You've been progammed by too much propaganda.