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Baraka_Guru · 10-14-2008, 06:06 AM

This is an interesting topic, but I'm uncertain about how you've framed it.

Here you have a op-ed piece with anecdotal support, and a misguiding perspective.

It assumes that those in the welfare class inherently have a "lack of ambition." It assumes that those on welfare landed there because they don't want to work, and perhaps it also means that they don't "[love] God, [their] country, [their spouses], and [their] kids."

If you are going to critique a class of people, you should at least present a stronger case. Do you know the demographics of the welfare class? Do you know why people end up there? Do you know how long they stay there?

My own view? I think the wealthy have a social responsibility to help provide for those in need. Within capitalism, not everyone can be rich. There are causalities of wealth, and it can be brutal. And the conservative view would keep it that way.

I'm not for that.

10-14-2008, 06:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	This is an interesting topic, but I'm uncertain about how you've framed it. Here you have a op-ed piece with anecdotal support, and a misguiding perspective. It assumes that those in the welfare class inherently have a "lack of ambition." It assumes that those on welfare landed there because they don't want to work, and perhaps it also means that they don't "[love] God, [their] country, [their spouses], and [their] kids." If you are going to critique a class of people, you should at least present a stronger case. Do you know the demographics of the welfare class? Do you know why people end up there? Do you know how long they stay there? My own view? I think the wealthy have a social responsibility to help provide for those in need. Within capitalism, not everyone can be rich. There are causalities of wealth, and it can be brutal. And the conservative view would keep it that way. I'm not for that. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-14-2008 at 06:08 AM..