http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/story_36095.asp
i think you know where i'm headed with this....... i just don't understand how many praise our economic system and yet it leaves millions behind.
it denies many necessities from many people all for the sake of the comforts of the rich nations.
I think that was my point Bang.
Too many of your beloved poor don't want to work and don't want the same society I do. I want a free-market representative republic (like what was set forth in our Constitution) not some socialist welfare state. Like Francois said, there are other countries that would be more to your preference. And if the socialist ones aren't enough, there's always the workers' paradises of Cuba, North Korea, and China.
Mike.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/story_36095.asp
i think you know where i'm headed with this....... i just don't understand how many praise our economic system and yet it leaves millions behind.
it denies many necessities from many people all for the sake of the comforts of the rich nations.
I just don't understand how many praise our economic system and yet it leaves millions behind. It denies many necessities from many people all for the sake of the comforts of the rich nations.
Our economic system isn't denying necessities to the poor because it doesn't owe them in the first place. I do agree with the last phrase though, in a way. This country is spending way too much on foreign aid (foreign welfare) when it could and should be used to care for Americans in need. Or not even taxed and spent in the first place.
However it is definitely not the Government's constitutional responsibility to "re-distribute" wealth. I'll tell you what's wrong with our economic system. It's the fact that the top 50% of income earners pay 96% of the taxes (according to the IRS' 1999 figures) and that top 50% is those who earn $52,000 or more. While we shoulder that 96% tax burden, many in the bottom half can expect to get tax refund checks for more money than they paid in.
Oh yeah, that's fair!
Federal and state welfare programs pay for housing, food, medical expenses, utilities, transportation, even car repairs. There are resources out there to get job training and even college classes for those on welfare, tax credits for employers who hire welfare recipients, and employers everywhere who complain that they can't find anyone to work for them. There are private charities in addition to the government programs.
Sure there are those who have a legitimate need for the assistance available, but they are the minority among the vast "welfare-for-life" crowd who were born into it, expect to live on it, and expect to pass it on to the next generation.
Mike.
amway, quixtar, and other mult-level marketing schemes vs. wts.. if there is anything an ex-jw cult member would recognize, it would be another cult!
i say that b/c my uncle is an 'hardcore' quixstar member (ibo) and the more i talk to him the more similarities i see btw quixtar and the borg.
of course he doesn't see quixtar being cult-like but to some one on the outside looking in the organizations mirror each other.
And another thing....
I had a boss try and recruit me once when I was like 17 or so. He sat me down and gave me the whole spiel about Amway. I can't remember the specifics but I do remember the two major points of his pitch. First how much I and my family would save by buying only Amway products and second - first point led to second - how much money I would make by selling this same deal to others. He must have talked for an hour at least. I simply pointed out that it wasn't that good of a deal since companies like Wal-Mart are doing so well selling the same products, and brand-name at that, for lower prices. He gave up and never mentioned it again.
Mike of the I'd rather live under the Spring Street bridge than work for Amway class.
amway, quixtar, and other mult-level marketing schemes vs. wts.. if there is anything an ex-jw cult member would recognize, it would be another cult!
i say that b/c my uncle is an 'hardcore' quixstar member (ibo) and the more i talk to him the more similarities i see btw quixtar and the borg.
of course he doesn't see quixtar being cult-like but to some one on the outside looking in the organizations mirror each other.
God do I remember how big the MLM's were in the dubs when I was growing up!
Shacklee sold "vitamins" didn't they? Ok let me re-phrase that. Shacklee's product was vitamins. There was another outfit like that in the 80's called TSI (Total Success Incorporated, I think) Anyone remember that one? If memory serves, TSI had a large number of dubs as big shots.
When the subject of MLM's comes up, I'm afraid that we do have to give the old codgers in Brooklyn credit because the WTBS did put out some articles discouraging getting involved in them. Once in a while, even the Empire gets one right huh? Then again, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
Mike.
***warning this post contains subject matter that has nothing at all to do with jehovah's witnesses or any religion for that matter and therefore should not be read by anyone***
i'm moving.
i decided that i should find a cheaper place to live.
***Warning This post contains subject matter that has nothing at all to do with Jehovah's Witnesses or any religion for that matter and therefore should not be read by anyone***
I'm moving. I decided that I should find a cheaper place to live. I got lucky and found an apartment two blocks down the street for $150/month less than I pay now.
Maybe lucky isn't the right adjective.
The apartment is smaller and older than what I have now. And was just vacated by college students who were total slobs so the carpet is an absolute mess, not to mention the rest of the apartment. And there are no washer/dryer hookups so I'll have to do that myself or end up paying for laundry service somewhere. And then there's the usual hassle of having my utilities moved over there, meaning that I'll end up lacking at least one necessary public utility for at least a few days due to some asinine mistake by one of the utility companies. And that in spite of the fact that I've got the rest of the month to make the necessary transfers. Of course I also have to consider the usual "change of address" to be submitted to the various entities I owe money to and that will take at least three or four months to get sorted out. Not to mention the "change of address" submitted to the post office. While I now live a block north of the city's main post office and will be moving only one block south of such, this will create incredible logistics problems for the U.S. Postal Service so I can rest assured that I won't receive any mail for at least a month.
Then I have to consider who I will be living next door to.
Hopefully, college girls!!!!!!!
That would make it all worthwhile so y'all wish me luck!
Mike.
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Edited by - bendrr on 19 July 2002 21:1:56
Hey why not? It sounds like something I'd at least have a taste of to see if I like it or not. The follow-up shot of single malt should suffice if I didn't like the haggis. Maybe a few shots to be on the safe side.
Maybe some of our friends in the UK could enlighten us on haggis.
Mike, who would appreciate some more international cuisine in Macon!
hey i wasn't making this up!.
*** kj 377 20 land of magog no more to threaten mankind ***.
the unburied dead, those slain by jehovah, will be so enormously many that even the carrion birds and scavenging wild beasts could never take care of their consumption.
No you weren't making it up, ISP. I can remember old-timers, my great-great-uncle Oliver stating the same thing and everyone quietly chuckling at his use of the word.
Pretty funny actually. People who don't even know what antimatter is proudly proclaiming how Jehovah may use it to "clean up the old system".
Ok, I don't really know what antimatter is either apart from what I've gathered from the Discovery Channel and magazines so don't bother trying to explain it until it becomes a clear and present danger to me.
Mike.
arab ban proposed in jewish areas .
israel has more than a million arab citizens .
human rights groups in israel are vowing to fight a government decision that would prevent israeli arabs from moving into jewish communities built on state land within israel.
Agreed, S.S.!!!
It's called discrimination.
Just let a bunch of white Americans try to keep jews out of some community and see what happens.
Mike.
let's see .... the post office doesn't want to participate in this program, so perhaps there is some other group of people who happen to go from one door to another who would enjoy spying on others.
wait... i have an idea!
washington (ap) - the postal service has decided not to take part in a government program touted as a tip service for authorities concerned with terrorism, but which is being assailed as a scheme to cast ordinary americans as "peeping toms.
I really try to take the conspiracy theorists with a grain of salt (or two). But when I read stuff like this it really sends chills down my spine.
One major concept many conspiracy theories share is the use of some disaster like 9/11 to drastically increase the federal government's power over the citizens. Go back and re-read the first post of this thread. Then think.
Maybe it would result in the prevention of some Islamic terrorists blowing someting up. Later on, it could be used to locate meth labs and indoor pot farms. ("They" already do that, by the way) You can't stop a government program though. So there's no reason it can't be used to identify other subversive elements. For some reason gun owners come to mind.
I wasn't going to bring this up, but if you get a chance read "The Turner Diaries".
Mike.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/78733_marijuana16ww.shtml
I told you that stuff would make you stupid!!!
Mike.
(that was a joke, by the way)
