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The life of a welfare queen
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#21
RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 7, 2014 at 8:05 pm
If you go to slate.com

http://www.slate.com/

and scroll down to "In Case You Missed it" the story is right there.
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 7, 2014 at 8:50 pm
(January 7, 2014 at 8:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: If you go to slate.com

http://www.slate.com/

and scroll down to "In Case You Missed it" the story is right there.
Holy fuck, this is a great read!
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 7, 2014 at 10:49 pm (This post was last modified: January 7, 2014 at 10:51 pm by Autumnlicious.)
This link should avoid the issue

http://slate.me/1c2TKOI
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#24
RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 7, 2014 at 11:05 pm
(January 7, 2014 at 1:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Not all "charities" are run as efficiently as you seem to think.

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyi...es-america

Quote:But it is safe to say that all donors give money not to pay for office supplies and inflated salaries for executives (check out MainStreet's overview of the highest-paid charity CEOs), but rather to the programs that charities undertake to further their goals. It is with this philosophy that we highlight the 20 charities in the U.S. with the highest administrative costs, to show which groups take the most of each donated dollar for themselves, in some cases leaving less than half for the intended recipients of aid.

This is without even considering so-called "not-for-profit" hospitals!

I have come to the conclusion that a comprehensive welfare system is better than having a welfare system dependent on charities. Because a lot of those charities are religious and are an avenue for them to do their proselytizing. Hence, I believe it is no coincidence that the countries with the most comprehensive welfare systems are the least religious.

Lately, I have come to the conclusion that it is most necessary to marginalize as much as possible religion and indeed all superstition among humanity as a whole.
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 4:00 am
(January 7, 2014 at 11:22 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: Welfare should be abolished, & so should private property. Then everyone will be able to walk into a factory & work, then sell what they produce on the market. Those that are good at what they do will then naturally get ahead, while those who refuse to work will die off as nature intended.
If private property is abolished, then you have no right to see what you make because it doesn't belong to you. Just saying...
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 5:02 am
(January 8, 2014 at 4:00 am)Tiberius Wrote: If private property is abolished, then you have no right to see what you make because it doesn't belong to you. Just saying...

To be fair, I don't think the guy was really thinking of the practicalities of his proposed scenario when he wrote it. Dodgy
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 8:19 am
(January 8, 2014 at 4:00 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(January 7, 2014 at 11:22 am)MarxRaptor Wrote: Welfare should be abolished, & so should private property. Then everyone will be able to walk into a factory & work, then sell what they produce on the market. Those that are good at what they do will then naturally get ahead, while those who refuse to work will die off as nature intended.
If private property is abolished, then you have no right to see what you make because it doesn't belong to you. Just saying...
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You ignorance of the difference between private property & personal property is hilarious.
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Care to explain instead of jealously keeping your "clever" definitions to yourself and acting smug about it?
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 12:53 pm (This post was last modified: January 8, 2014 at 12:56 pm by Lemonvariable72.)
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: The life of a welfare queen
January 8, 2014 at 12:59 pm
(January 8, 2014 at 5:02 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(January 8, 2014 at 4:00 am)Tiberius Wrote: If private property is abolished, then you have no right to see what you make because it doesn't belong to you. Just saying...

To be fair, I don't think the guy was really thinking of the practicalities of his proposed scenario when he wrote it. Dodgy

No one with an "ism" ever does!
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