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Thread #99746   Message #2069051
Posted By: Dickey
05-Jun-07 - 09:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
Bobert: "what one can never say about me is that I pre-judged an indivudual or a situation"

Read your quote and compare it to what you wrote above. Do you see any contradictions?

Your speech is full of misinformation. It is biggoted and intended to spark class warfare.

Can't afford does bot equal not available.

"most of them are rich by either luck of the draw or having gotten there thru corrupt means"

Most of the millionaires and billionaires today did not inherit their wealth. They created it. Bill Gates was a dropout. His parents were not wealthy, just average. Steve Jobs, same story. He and Woz started making computers in the family garage. Larry Ellison was the bastard son of an immigrant. Warren Buffet Bought and resold Cokes when he was six years old. Friggin thieves eh?

Your insinatuion that they got wealthy illegally is biggoted. How about George Soros and his offshore investment fund?

Instead of hating these people, they should be viewed as a resource and cajoled into helping the poor in a constructive manner. Not thru taxation but directly.

You sir, are a hate monger driven by socialist rhetoric. You call anybody that disagrees with you names as if it proves your point.
I agree with you that a lot of people cheat on their taxes and it is wrong. I agree that this money would do a lot to help poor people but I think that attacking the rich folks and blaming them for poverty is wrong.

I see nothing in your speech to single out people and corporations that prey on poor people and hold them back. How about drug dealers? Do rich people send them around to sell drugs in crime ridden neighborhoods? Do rich folks form gangs? How about loan sharks? Payday loan companies? Credit card companies? Rap Gangsta record companies and rappers?

You want to take a simplistic short cut to cover up the effects poverty rather than do the hard work needed to identify and attack the roots of poverty.



"The Roots of Poverty

Remedying only the superficial manifestations of the deeper underlying problems of extreme poverty will never end poverty itself. At best, this approach will temporarily relieve urgent problems at worst, it will exacerbate them or create long-term trade-off problems. If we want to eliminate poverty, we must look at its roots and apply
sustainable, pragmatic development solutions."

http://searchwarp.com/swa7174.htm