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- From: Ramon <R_ALEMAN@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: the spirit of xmas
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- Sometime fred said :
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- >The real meaning of christmas, to those of us not affiliated with an
- >organized religion, is to help out those less fortunate then ourselves.
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- >It seems to me that private organizations do a much better job of
- >distributing items to the needy than the government does. How about if
- >we dump all of our welfare programs and make helping those less
- >fortunate strictly a matter of conscience?
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- Same old tired wish... Try to read some history. Try to look at
- places like the Philippines, El Salvador, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Almost 3/4ths of humanity are "less fortunate than ourselves". Why do you
- think the welfare program in a rich nation was necessary in the first
- place?
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- -Ramon
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