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Old 06-23-2009, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Goldy1 View Post
I am not for this at all b/c it takes away incentive to earn. I heard a quote about something like if you give man all his basic needs for free, you take away his will to work.
Even ignoring the fact that it isn't true (work can be its own reward), it ignores the point.

In a society of well-fed, healthy, well-adjusted individuals, *everybody's* work is more productive and fruitful. The hard-working types actually end up better off in the long run from supporting the (theoretically) non-working types.
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