🚀 go-pugleaf

David Reilley (dreilley@pinc.com) wrote:
: In article <4aftu7$nqi@sam.inforamp.net> jim@crystalcntrl.com writes:


: >Who has contributed more to the country? 

: >Does it seem fair that civserv should claim the same contribution to the
: >country as corp_worker?

: Who taught corp_worker how to read so he could get a job?

: Who answered the fire call when the house next door to corp_worker burned down.

: Who healed corp_worker whwn hw slipped on the stairs and had a concussion.

: Who plowed the road, so corp_worker could get to work this morning.

: Who operates the pilot boat which helps bring the raw materials corp_worker 
: needs to do his job.

: Who inspected the raw materials for toxins to make sure corp_worker didn't get 
: poisoned at work.

: If you really think that everyone working for government is a parasite, then 
: head on out to the bush and live off the land.  Your argument is ridiculous -- 
: it denies that there is any wealth generated when society pools its money to 
: create the infrastructure necessary for a modern economy.  The services and 
: plant of that infrastructure are part of our standard of living, part of pour 
: wealth.  Go visit a country where there is no investment in infrastructure and 
: services and check out how much private wealth is generated -- precious little 
: if there are no roads, no clean water, no ports, no law and order, no 
: educated, healthy population and no well developed system of civil law for 
: sorting out business disputes.

: You are saying the the construction worker who toils to build an office 
: building is somehow making a greater contribution to the economy than the 
: construction worker who does exactly the same work to build a classroom where 
: the engineers working in the office building will learn their profession.  
: That is nonesense.

: I hope you are a first year university student -- because you have no excuse 
: for being an educated adult and still thinking like this.

: I also hope your local ambulance drivers, police department, road crews and 
: hospitals read your post, and decide to treat you accordingly.  (They won't, 
: but it would be only just.)

	I had a really good argument just forming on the tip of my tongue 
(err... fingers) and I read this post; it says everything I intended and 
more. Way to go, buddy! 

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