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Old 05-22-2004, 04:07 PM   #18
DanaC
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I just find it outrageous that the most wealthy nation that exists or indeed has ever existed cannot just grit it's teeth and give all it's citizens a decent standard of living.

That doesnt mean everyone will live for free....Welfare is never going to pay for the holidays or good cars that most people aspire to so there will always be a reason for people to push themselves forwards.

Its just about where you set the bottom bar.....I can understand a country like India setting the bottom bar at homelessness and starvation but I fail to see why the United States of America is prepared to accept that as its bottom bar.
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