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Margaret Tarbet <tarbet@swaa.com> wrote:

>Many poor people can't *get* the jobs. either because they're the
>wrong color, or the wrong sex, or the wrong age, or have a
>physical handicap, or an accent, or aren't attractive looking, 
>or have never been able to overcome having been born into a 
>family that could give them no advantages.  Congratulations on
>your good luck in having avoided all those traps, and on the
>skills, energy, and determination you applied to fully exploiting 
>your good fortune.  But I know some folk who have worked as hard
>as you have just to keep their heads above water.  Be thankful.

>Two of the most perniciously pathological beliefs are mirror
>images of one another:  that we have no control over our lives, 
>and that anything good that happens to us is entirely due to 
>our personal merit.

I agree.  However, there are those people who have worked as hard as
you, trying to keep their heads above water.  Maybe we should enable
these people to succeed before having to support those that are less
fortunate who do not have the same amount of skill, talent, luck,
determination.  I think people are also generally good natured,
especially these types, and would enjoy being able to succeed without
the burden of over taxation so that they can give voluntarily to those
who were born less fortunate.