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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: how not-helping-people hurts them (... what Reagan does)
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Date: Sun, 26-May-85 21:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 26 21:46:00 1985
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>/* oaf@mit-vax.UUCP ([Oded Anoaf Feingold]) /  3:26 pm  May 22, 1985 */

>>Before the subject is dropped I'd like to state that I feel I did address
>>this issue in my response.  I said something on the order of  --
>>I don't see how not helping someone can be construed as hurting them.

>	Denial of cost-of-living increases in social security benefits
>	hurts them.  Recipients' real income drops.

Yes, but who is doing the hurting?  If I don't give them $100
then I'm hurting them.  But if I don't give them $1000, then I
really must be making them scream.  In fact, I'm actually hurting
nearly 4 billion people.  What a rotten person I am!

>	I'm mystified at your apparent naivete --- the analogies I've
>	seen are children who say "Your mouth moves funny when you're
>	mad" when being yelled at.

Please elaborate.  The analogy is not clear to me.

>	Are you on the level, Mr. Sykora?  If you are, then I'm a fool
>	for arguing with you, and I'm getting  that queasy feeling.

>Oded Feingold				{decvax, harvard}!mitvax!oaf

Yes, I'm on the level.

As far as your possible foolishness is concerned, if you meant that as an
insult, why bother bringing it up?  If you didn't mean it as an insult,
why bother bringing it up?

						Mike Sykora