[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
Thursday, June 06, 2013
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About
The url is http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-types-people-welfare-nobody-talks-about/
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Link is broke. It has 'http://barefootbum.blogspot.ie/2013/06' stuck in front which refers back to your blog.
ReplyDeletePesky relative links! :)
Fixed! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteNo, still broken
ReplyDeleteThe 'nobody talks about' part sorts limits the inclusion.
ReplyDeleteAnd category 1 & 4 are unfortunate and I hope they get it together, but they are the ones the system is in place for. Cat-3-4 are sad cases that need fixing.
All the ones getting it that everyone is talking about-corporations-churches-congress- are all crooks bleeding the system.
Strangely enough that link was blocked by the firewall in work because it contained 'violence'.
ReplyDeleteThat's the capitalist ruling class for ya.
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