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Apothecus
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Message 526 of 526 (554551)
04-08-2010 10:03 PM
Reply to: Message 509 by Faith
04-06-2010 5:05 PM


Hey Faith. Not sure if you've totally fled the scene but...
I'm just curious if there is a lesser evil of the two: accepting assistance from your family via government taxation and redistribution to the less fortunate (as you seem to be), or directly, from your family's hands to yours.
This is a sincere question, because in this quote in Message 495 you say ...
Probably if there were no welfare system I'd have other provisions. Since there is one I stick to it because I know if I go off it I'm forcing friends or family to help me. They'd HAVE to help me if there were no welfare system but since there is I don't want to impose on them.
(emphasis mine)
... which, upon reading it again and again, suggests that you feel government assistance is the lesser evil of the two. But then there is this reply to a comment I made in Message 509:
Faith writes:
Apo writes:
Does the absence of the exchange of actual monetary notes from the hands of your friends and family to your hands, make it different in your mind, somehow?
Absolutely. That way I know it's a gift to me.
Now here it sounds as if you consider a more direct "gift" from family as the lesser evil.
I'm confused; if you haven't vacated the premises, I was wondering if you could elaborate a little.
Thanks, and have a good one.

"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

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