Article View: tx.general
Article #3768Re: I hope it passes
From: Jeffrey C. Dege
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:35
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:35
26 lines
2839 bytes
2839 bytes
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:24:06 -0600, S. Smith <scott.smith@visi.com> wrote: >On 02 Feb 2004 23:17:04 GMT, jdege@jdege.visi.com (Jeffrey C. Dege) >wrote: > >>There have been societies in which economic disparity was not allowed. >> >>In none of them has the average working citizen been as well of as >>in America. > >There is a huge difference between having a society where "economic >disparity is not allowed" and one where economic responsibility and >fairness is strived for. There's no meaningful definition of "fair" other than what two individuals freely agree to in a specific transaction. For the government to step in, for example, and to declare that an individual may not engage in a transaction that he would freely agree to is unfair, by definition. -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked ...A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system. -- Grady Booch
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<slrnc1tunn.bv9.jdege@jdege.visi.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!phobos.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news-1.mpls.visi.com.POSTED!not-for-mailReferences:
<c2fb24d6.0401310310.30d1122e@posting.google.com> <pQSSb.40277$6O4.1152687@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <310120041309310830%john@johnweeks.com> <0DVSb.5717$7I3.2475@bignews4.bellsouth.net> <pan.2004.02.02.18.17.46.640000@no.org> <Xns94837E4F818FCVeebleFetzer@news.visi.com> <hd9t101qortup5be56e1uoq99ecdu2vpab@4ax.com> <slrnc1tjh8.98d.jdege@jdege.visi.com> <fojt10pcjdvgcriv31eif8b11s3brdan8s@4ax.com> <slrnc1tmjg.ac1.jdege@jdege.visi.com> <6pmt105ieavlubv4vvnn0i25g5da9qhgki@4ax.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101eb4,9ef211e3968cd182 X-Google-Attributes: gid101eb4,public X-Google-Thread: f765b,9ef211e3968cd182 X-Google-Attributes: gidf765b,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,9ef211e3968cd182 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10a18d,9ef211e3968cd182 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a18d,public X-Google-Thread: f4482,9ef211e3968cd182 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4482,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-02 17:35:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!phobos.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news-1.mpls.visi.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jdege@jdege.visi.com (Jeffrey C. Dege) Newsgroups: tx.general,or.general,mn.general,ny.politics,fl.general Subject: Re: I hope it passes References: <c2fb24d6.0401310310.30d1122e@posting.google.com> <pQSSb.40277$6O4.1152687@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> <310120041309310830%john@johnweeks.com> <0DVSb.5717$7I3.2475@bignews4.bellsouth.net> <pan.2004.02.02.18.17.46.640000@no.org> <Xns94837E4F818FCVeebleFetzer@news.visi.com> <hd9t101qortup5be56e1uoq99ecdu2vpab@4ax.com> <slrnc1tjh8.98d.jdege@jdege.visi.com> <fojt10pcjdvgcriv31eif8b11s3brdan8s@4ax.com> <slrnc1tmjg.ac1.jdege@jdege.visi.com> <6pmt105ieavlubv4vvnn0i25g5da9qhgki@4ax.com> Reply-To: jdege@visi.com.nospam Message-ID: <slrnc1tunn.bv9.jdege@jdege.visi.com> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX) Date: 03 Feb 2004 01:35:52 GMT Lines: 26 Organization: VISI.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 02 Feb 2004 19:35:52 CST NNTP-Posting-Host: 8375174e.newsreader.visi.com X-Trace: DXC=h\;NZf@?Sh5o2:JOim;F;=OG;lf4n<5g:hD3OXm`l_b8BC_m9]O;GP7YZ8Sm7VA7Q;mYMN]k]e`U0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@visi.com