Re: [Pen-l] Going Dutch

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 6, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

> Carl Dassbach wrote:
> > All modern states are "welfare" states - they are concerned with the
> > welfare/wellbeing of their citizens.  As I tell my students, if you  
> > attend
> > state University you are collecting "welfare" (which really  
> > disturbs the
> > republican/conservative engineers who make up the majority of  
> > students at
> > Michigan Tech.)  It is just a matter of degrees.
>
> even at private institutions, students are collecting welfare -- or
> rather, charity -- from the alumni, foundations, the government, etc.

C'mon folks. Is it because you've never been on the right that you  
can't imagine an intelligent answer to this sort of claim? They're  
different from welfare recipients because they're working hard and  
increasing their earning potential, which will more than pay off  
society's investment in them over the long term. Welfare recipients  
are just a deadweight loss.

Doug
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