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Old 09-02-2005, 07:55 AM   #43 (permalink)
filtherton
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Lurkette the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The welfare programs have created a helpless and permanent underclass. Right now this same underclass has made it impossible to give needed help to those in New Orleans with their lawlessness. While what you say sounds wonderful in theory, in practice so far it is nothing but a dismal failure condemning multiple generations to helplessness and dependency. Without a total revamping of the system, and a total cut off of funds for some people, this will only continue to grow.
First of all, it is capitalism that has created a permanent underclass. It is not helpless, just complacent. Second, you seem to be just assuming that it is only this helpless and permanent underclass who are responsible for lawlessness in new orleans. Greed and idiocy know no socioeconomic class.
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