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thanks for making my point...

Posted By: Francois
Date: 7/4/08 3:55p.m.

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In Response To: Geeez Francois, even your knowledge of U.S. garbage collection is pure trash! In (pic) (Robb, Great Dane 28, Yankee Dolphin, Lake Superior)

Even you must be able to see the contradiction...
"each community decides how trash will be disposed of".....AND..... "It's an "individual" thing""
So which is it? A collective decision or an individual one? Can't be both.
There is not much difference between the people of Christmas, Michigan (to pick a small town) making a decision "collectively", through their elected politicians to pick up everybodys thrash once a week....and a whole country that decides, the very same way, to fund and adopt a universal social program. Now is there?
I find it funny how when the word "universal" comes up in such a context, a whole bunch of people with REACT, and strongly, with words like "socialist, commie, etc etc" yet that's the way things work in something as mundane as your trash pick-up but nobody seems to get too excited about that. Much the same way as when "metric" comes up, some people are almost ready to go for their guns over that one yet your money is metric and you don't seem to have a problem with that either. Hung up on labels maybe????
BTW the thrash thing works pretty well the same way up here, I was just guessing about the US
Oh and Happy Fourth to you all BTW.

Cruising Northern Vancouver Island

Messages In This Thread

How do we define rich and poor? -- JAY/Kim (spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/1/08 7:36p.m.

Those are fairly common English words. Do you need a dictionary? -- Russell -- 7/1/08 7:56p.m.

NO. I want to know a dollar figure. I know the definition. -- JAY(spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/3/08 5:27p.m.

I don't answer stupid questions. That's like asking how tall is tall.... -- Russell -- 7/3/08 5:47p.m.

How about this -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 7/3/08 6:26p.m.

Poverty by itself doesn't get that. -- Russell -- 7/3/08 7:37p.m.

Whether or not they get a free ride on their taxes is based on their income. -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 7/3/08 8:28p.m.

wow, that is the most nieve statement I have ever read! -- JAY(spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/4/08 4:48a.m.

"Winning life's lottery." ROFL. You don't hear much about ol' Gephart lately -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 7/4/08 8:39a.m.

Universality..... -- Francois -- 7/3/08 11:35p.m.

Your "concept of universality" has been tried... -- JAY(spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/4/08 3:54a.m.

With all respect Jay.... -- Francois -- 7/4/08 10:19a.m.

Geeez Francois, even your knowledge of U.S. garbage collection is pure trash! In -- Robb, Great Dane 28, Yankee Dolphin, Lake Superior -- 7/4/08 11:17a.m.

thanks for making my point... -- Francois -- 7/4/08 3:55p.m.

oh and BTW...about the links you posted... -- Francois -- 7/4/08 11:16a.m.

Germany's unemployment rate is still 40% higher than the U.S. rate, but it does -- Robb, Great Dane 28, Yankee Dolphin, Lake Superior -- 7/4/08 11:32a.m.

still don't see the link though Robb... -- Francois -- 7/4/08 4:16p.m.

Does Canada count like the US? Or like the EU? Or a 3rd way? -- Russell -- 7/4/08 4:28p.m.

Prob'ly that third thing...just to be different -- Francois -- 7/4/08 8:19p.m.

I wouldn't assume that. And numbers counted differently aren't comparable. -- Russell -- 7/5/08 6:10a.m.

Yep, another person aviods the question!! -- JAY(spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/4/08 4:19a.m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#The_official_measure_o -- dave -- 7/3/08 8:59p.m.

So the line is $21,200 fro a family of four? Over that is "rich"? -- JAY(spindrift 22) Hattiesburg, MS -- 7/4/08 3:58a.m.

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