From: "Richard Hong" 

>> Yet, is it possible via any mechanism at all (including voluntary private
charity) to give all needy people what they need and not have a moral
hazard problem as a result? I don't think so.

Randall,

I think you're wrong.  First of all, the "moral hazard" problem
doesn't lie with the have-nots, it lies with the haves.  The lack of a
desire to create a just society is the primary moral hazard from which the
rest of the moral problems derive.

Were we to create a morally just society - the power to do so, or at least
the power to block it, rests with the haves - there wouldn't *be* any
needy. All would have food to eat and water to drink.

Rich

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