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Originally posted by Mr. Baggins:
[quote]Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra:
[b]But Iraq is?
Apart from attempting to provide security for the Iraqi people, no it really isn't. It's up to the Iraqi people to solve their problems, not our government.

Patrick, I'd be interested in knowing how the government can solve the problem of poverty? [/b][/quote]Check out the Communist Manifesto....

Let's see. What can the government, who you say is NOT responsible for helping solve poverty, do to help solve property? We can dictate millionares. That'd be awesome. We can make sure that the rich are taxed so heavily that they're just above the middle class. We can stop outsourcing jobs and give people in America a chance to work and make money who don't have that chance right now. I also thought of something the other night while watching all of this hurricane coverage. All of these people who have lost their homes in New Orleans. Why do volunteers go down there? Why doesn't the government, instead of having volunteers go down for free, pay those who don't have jobs to go down there and rebuild, give out food, etc?

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Originally posted by Don Cardi:
[quote]Originally posted by plawrence:
[b] It makes no sense to me, for example, that we hand out billions in foreign aid to help the world's poor, when we have citizens of our own country with the same needs.
I couldn't agree more!


Don Cardi [/b][/quote]But you agree that we need to give Bush the 200 billion he has needed for the Iraq war and the Iraqi people?

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