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From: ted@teldata.UUCP (Ted Becker)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: Reagan FLAME
Message-ID: <282@teldata.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 15:37:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 15:37:19 1984
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Why in hell should I pay for your student aid.  I am out in the world trying
to earn a living to support my family and I get stuck paying thousands of
dollars per year in taxes to help support a bunch of free-loading assholes.
Specially those people who come here from some other country and bitch about
the way things are here, if it's that bad go back.  (Exceptions are certain
refugees from Viet Nam, Cambodia etc. who have been cast out due to their
loyalty to the US.)  When you become a contributing member of this society
then you have earned the right to complain.

Reagan is not against student aid or any other social program.  He just
favors putting the responsiblity back where it belongs, in the hands of the
private sector or local government.  If the bleeding hearts would just
direct their efforts to supporting private charities there would be a net
gain in payout to the needy.  The cost of a federal handout program is
tremendous, I can't quote references or exact figures but approximatley
75% to 80% of every dollar collected by private charity reaches the
beneficiaries while only 20% of federally collected funds reaches the needy.

Please be damn careful before you go out and vote against Reagan or any
other candidate.  Consider the realistic probabilities of that candidate
making a significant improvement.  Look beyond the campaign rhetoric, which
is usually is just so much bull-shit.  Also remember that any one person is
not solely responsible for any thing that happens in this country and in
order for the president to have significant influence he needs the
cooperation of many other people and agencies.  You may vote in a president
who will give you a free education only to graduate into an economy that has
gone to hell and no jobs, or the job market is flooded other graduates of
the free educational program, or your tax burden will be so high your
quality of life will suffer.