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philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt) writes:

> In article <36210bb8.21864159@news.concentric.net>
>            darrow@oneillaw.com "M O'Neill" writes:
> > Hey fella, I agree with your comments as well.  Be careful with your
> > attributions.  Don't you think it's possible for a free society to
> > meet its humanitarian obligations?  What country takes better care of
> > its poor than the US?
> 
> Most western European states, for example.
> 
> > We hardly know what poverty is in this country.
> 
> Then you are ignorant. 

That is too simple. You can buy food quite cheaply. You can buy liquor,
cigarettes, cars, gasoline and so on quite cheaply. You can buy lottery
tickets for $1.00. The poor in this country in many cases are still
capable consumers.

> 
> Consider that in the USA infant mortality is a lot higher than in
> Britain, despite the fact that healthcare spending per person is
> 4 times as much. The reason is (at least in part) that in the USA
> most of the healthcare spend goes on the rich, so babies born into
> poor families get to die.

I wish you were wrong. It sickens me that the wealthiest nation on
earth fails to care for its own population. 

Louis