"Josh Hill"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:06:10 -0600, "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
>  wrote:
>
> >"Josh Hill"  wrote in message
> >news:4ni9r3p9b8o86lfmgo1ukeq2vs32n6vvcf{at}4ax.com...
> >> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:10:17 -0600, "Carl"

> >> wrote:
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> Some of these people are lazy, no doubt, or dissolute. I don't
> >> advocate such behavior and I don't advocate rewarding or supporting
> >> it. But I don't believe that that justifies brushing them all off as
> >
> >When others say the same thing - not rewarding or supporting folks who
are
> >lazy or dissolute, they're dismissed as "callous Reaganites".
>
> It's a matter of emphasis, isn't it? To hear a "callous Reaganite"
> tell it, poor people are all welfare cheats who drive limousines,

Not all poor peopole are welfare cheats - just those who are defrauding the
program.
I'm not real fond of defense contractors, politicians or others who defraud
the government as well.

> whereas to hear some people on the left tell it, they're all virtuous
> and able victims who need more government programs. Neither of those
> views seem to me accurate. They're ideologically-driven caricatures.

Indeed.

Dennis


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