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  3. From: gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo)
  4. Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa
  5. Subject: Re: US and European crime rates
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.203107.21347@digi.lonestar.org>
  7. Date: 26 Jan 93 20:31:07 GMT
  8. References: <1ja89mINNapk@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan23.021726.20056@igor.tamri.com>
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  12. In article <1993Jan23.021726.20056@igor.tamri.com> donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
  13.  
  14. >In article <1ja89mINNapk@lindy.Stanford.EDU> jon@lindy.Stanford.EDU
  15. >(Jon Corelis) writes:
  16. >>If America had European-style social welfare programs,
  17. >>supported by European-style progressive taxation programs, to provide
  18. >>European-style health, education, unemployment, and family leave and
  19. >>support programs, along with European-style gun control laws, then
  20. >>America would also have European-style crime rates.
  21. >
  22. >Fortunately, the majority of people here don't WANT Yurrupean style
  23. >social welfare, tax and gun control laws...
  24. >
  25.  
  26. Unfortunately we may get it whether we want it or not.  And when
  27. we do, it will doubtless be much worse - less efficient, and more
  28. oppressive than it is in Europe and (yes even) the U.K.
  29.  
  30. Gerry Palo (73237.2006@compuserve.com)
  31.