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Re: A lesson in socialist irony!

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From: Ken Marino
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:50
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:05:03 -0500, Dรคnk 42ร˜ wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:25:40 +0000, 3082 Dead wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:08:16 -0500, Libertarian Lilly wrote:
>> 
>>> A lesson in  irony: The U.S. Food Stamp Program, administered  by the
>>> U.S.
>>> Department of Agriculture, is actually proud of the fact it is
>>> distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever.
>>> They even  advertise how to access the program on Mexican  TV!
>>> Meanwhile,  the National Park Service, administered by the U.S.
>>> Department of the Interior,  asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the
>>> Animals." Their stated reason for the policy  is because the animals
>>> will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to  take care of
>>> themselves. This ends today's lesson.
>>> 
>> Gee, a record number of people who need public aid in order to just
>> survive, and you DON'T see this as a colossal failure of the free
>> market system?
> 
> Idiot.  Just because the government offers free crack money and people
> take them up on the offer does *NOT* means they *NEED* it.
> 
> In the old days, most Americans had pride and would rather starve before
> going on the dole.  Today, the stigma of being on the dole has
> evaporated, and so have the criteria to qualify.  Any fool who can
> remove his buttocks from the couch long enough to shuffle down to the
> welfare office now qualifies, and you use the fact that the standards
> have been lowered as evidence that some sort of "crisis" exists.
>> 
>> Instead, being the fascist dirtbag you are, you just try to compare the
>> tens of millions of people you fucked over to animals.
> 
> No, it is *YOU* who compare people to animals.  Human beings have free
> will and dignity, animals don't.  Under socialism, people are nothing
> more than domesticated animals, to be fed, clothed and sheltered by Big
> Shepherd.

Couldn't have said it better
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