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Poverty
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Poverty
So last night in chat (or early this morning, depending on what hemisphere you're in) edk asked some of us "what do you think would have to be sacrificed in order to eliminate poverty?" He and I_Blas and I had a fairly interesting discussion about it, so I thought I'd pose the question to you all.

Personally, I think eliminating poverty would only come with the price of freedom. I think you'd have to have someone at the top distributing everything in order to make sure everyone had a certain amount - and enforcing it. Even in our system where people have the option of welfare, people still live in poverty. Of course, I'm not socio-economic expert by any means - feel free to rip this apart as you choose, I'd just like to hear everyone's answers about it.

Meantime, I'm already late for kick off between the Skins and Panthers. Cheerio! Time for lunch and a good brew!
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Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm
RE: Poverty - by Epimethean - October 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2011 at 1:14 pm
RE: Poverty - by bozo - October 23, 2011 at 4:38 pm
RE: Poverty - by edk - October 23, 2011 at 5:23 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 6:05 pm
RE: Poverty - by bozo - October 23, 2011 at 6:34 pm
RE: Poverty - by edk - October 23, 2011 at 9:03 pm
RE: Poverty - by Welsh cake - October 23, 2011 at 2:15 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 2:55 pm
RE: Poverty - by Autumnlicious - October 23, 2011 at 4:13 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 5:09 pm
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2011 at 5:43 pm
RE: Poverty - by Autumnlicious - October 23, 2011 at 7:29 pm
RE: Poverty - by SophiaGrace - October 23, 2011 at 9:10 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 9:20 pm
RE: Poverty - by SophiaGrace - October 23, 2011 at 9:29 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 9:35 pm
RE: Poverty - by SophiaGrace - October 23, 2011 at 9:36 pm
RE: Poverty - by Shell B - October 23, 2011 at 9:33 pm
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 23, 2011 at 9:37 pm
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 9:40 pm
RE: Poverty - by SophiaGrace - October 24, 2011 at 8:49 am
RE: Poverty - by Autumnlicious - October 23, 2011 at 10:38 pm
RE: Poverty - by edk - October 24, 2011 at 6:53 am
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 23, 2011 at 11:19 pm
RE: Poverty - by Violet - October 24, 2011 at 6:48 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 6:57 am
RE: Poverty - by Minimalist - October 24, 2011 at 2:45 am
RE: Poverty - by kılıç_mehmet - October 24, 2011 at 3:49 am
RE: Poverty - by bozo - October 24, 2011 at 2:20 pm
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 4:30 am
RE: Poverty - by kılıç_mehmet - October 24, 2011 at 4:33 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 4:36 am
RE: Poverty - by kılıç_mehmet - October 24, 2011 at 4:38 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 4:42 am
RE: Poverty - by kılıç_mehmet - October 24, 2011 at 4:44 am
RE: Poverty - by fr0d0 - October 24, 2011 at 6:34 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 6:49 am
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 24, 2011 at 7:07 am
RE: Poverty - by Violet - October 24, 2011 at 7:10 am
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 24, 2011 at 7:13 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 7:16 am
RE: Poverty - by edk - October 24, 2011 at 7:12 am
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 7:09 am
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 24, 2011 at 7:12 am
RE: Poverty - by reverendjeremiah - October 24, 2011 at 10:05 am
RE: Poverty - by thesummerqueen - October 24, 2011 at 12:08 pm
RE: Poverty - by frankiej - October 24, 2011 at 7:13 am
RE: Poverty - by fr0d0 - October 24, 2011 at 7:33 am
RE: Poverty - by Mister Agenda - October 24, 2011 at 11:40 am
RE: Poverty - by bozo - October 24, 2011 at 3:50 pm
RE: Poverty - by Mister Agenda - October 25, 2011 at 11:19 am
RE: Poverty - by Minimalist - October 24, 2011 at 1:38 pm
RE: Poverty - by paintpooper - October 24, 2011 at 1:51 pm
RE: Poverty - by Autumnlicious - October 24, 2011 at 5:40 pm
RE: Poverty - by edk - October 24, 2011 at 6:55 pm
RE: Poverty - by Autumnlicious - October 24, 2011 at 7:13 pm
RE: Poverty - by Mister Agenda - October 25, 2011 at 12:38 pm
RE: Poverty - by Jay1982 - October 25, 2011 at 1:03 pm
RE: Poverty - by paintpooper - October 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm
RE: Poverty - by The Grand Nudger - October 25, 2011 at 1:07 pm
RE: Poverty - by Mister Agenda - October 25, 2011 at 2:09 pm
RE: Poverty - by The Grand Nudger - October 25, 2011 at 2:15 pm
RE: Poverty - by Mister Agenda - October 25, 2011 at 2:35 pm

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