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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Poor People/Lazy People
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Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 17:36:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 17:36:07 1986
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> Before being too eager to cut back more on welfare, remember that it's
> probably worth the investment to make sure the poor don't get unhappy
> enough to do something about their plight.  In history, the poor sometimes
> became noticeably irritated in rather violent and unpredictable ways when
> things got bad enough.  If they happen to gain any measure of control in
> these situations they are rather unmoved by libertarian arguments from
> their perceived former oppressors.
> 
> Alan Hedge

This assumes that "the poor" have enough initiative to do something
organized.  It is certainly my feeling from watching how the welfare
class lives (from far too close up) that much of the poverty in this
country is the result of pure laziness.

The one thing I absolutely assure you of: If the lazy bums I've known over
the years feel they have a legitimate claim on my wealth, produced by me
working while they were off doing their drugs, I don't care how many of
them die trying to rob me.

Clayton E. Cramer