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From: ebh@cord.UUCP (Ed Horch)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Poor People/Lazy People
Message-ID: <363@cord.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Oct-86 14:27:44 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  7 14:27:44 1986
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cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) decries:
>the lazy bums I've known [who] feel they have a legitimate claim on my
>wealth, produced by me working while they were off doing their drugs

And chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) adds:
>Hear hear!!!  Where people get the notion that someone has a claim on my
>wealth only by virtue of being a member of the same society I will never
>know.
>
>I have no problems helping those who really need help, but I refuse to
>finance the activities of those who have no interest in helping themselves.

I second both motions.  I used to live in a town where a substantial
fraction of the population lived "on the dole".  At the time, the
economy was rather depressed, so the scarcity of jobs mitigated the
problem greatly.  However, when I visit there now, with the local
economy booming, I still see the same people in the same projects,
on the same welfare, "help wanted" signs notwithstanding.  (BTW, this 
is in a part of the country where one *can* live on minimum wage.  At
one point, my friends said I was crazy for spending $310/month for a 
one-bedroom apartment.)

Perpetuating the stereotype.  *sigh*

-Ed Horch   ihnp4!cord!ebh