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**Nutpoode** · 11-08-2011, 07:51 AM

Once again, Sweden and Germany prove you wrong; we're always going to have people who can't take care of themselves. Rather than lettin them starve in the streets, doesn't it make more sense to make sure they're taken care of?

"can't" is one thing. "won't" is another. The difference between the two is where support of the welfare system breaks down. Too many people take advantage of the system. I really wish progressives would run with this understanding, they'd get a lot more support from conservatives on helping the poor. Unfortunately it's a built-in constituency for the left, which is what exacerbates the disconnect with the right.

11-08-2011, 07:51 AM	#13
Nutpoode Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Once again, Sweden and Germany prove you wrong; we're always going to have people who can't take care of themselves. Rather than lettin them starve in the streets, doesn't it make more sense to make sure they're taken care of? "can't" is one thing. "won't" is another. The difference between the two is where support of the welfare system breaks down. Too many people take advantage of the system. I really wish progressives would run with this understanding, they'd get a lot more support from conservatives on helping the poor. Unfortunately it's a built-in constituency for the left, which is what exacerbates the disconnect with the right.
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