Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? )

[Mike Fleischer (themightytoe]

I agree with Ric on that point also, but the piece he is missing:

The teenage mom struggling to raise her kid when their dad left them?

The father who lost his job at the local plant, mostly due to poor 
management by his company, and finds the only job available to him is to 
serve burgers at local McDonalds as his skills are no longer useable or 
marketable and his saving will only last him a year?

The pensioner, who's lifes savings were stolen away by some shady 
doctors or Enron executives?

What is your answer for them?  Fuck you, your screwed?



Brian E. Buxton wrote:
> I would have to agree with Ric here.  Having "compassion" for someone 
> who is living a life based on the consequences of their own decisions 
> allows that person to not be required to take responsibility for their 
> decisions.  If they are poor or can't pay their own bills then someone 
> else will!
>
> B
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> Ric Rainbolt wrote:
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>   
> > At 05:50 PM 11/12/2008, you wrote:
> >
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> > > I fully agree our system is not fair and it really is a form of charity
> > > to a large extent, no question.  It seems the arguments here are based
> > > on just the numbers, but what is missing here is any compassion for your
> > > fellow man.  Sure I work hard to provide for my family and I worry about
> > > their financial security and future but I also recognize that I live in
> > > a society with other people and reading this I recall an old adage my
> > > parents used to tell me: "the world needs ditch diggers too"...
> > >    
> > >
> > >       
> > And therein is the basis of the problem. This is a worldwide epidemic 
> > of misconception, IMHO.
> >
> > Compassion for my fellow man is NOT to support someone who doesn't 
> > bother to get an education, or bother to not drink beer that costs 
> > more than his gross wages. Is it MY fault that he's a ditch digger? 
> > Perhaps I spent years honing my profitable technical skills while he 
> > skipped school and drank his way into his situation? Now I'm 
> > literally robbed to pay for his misdeeds or lack of proactive foresight.
> >
> > It should for ME to decide when to allow the gift of charity to 
> > emanate from MY compassion. I do NOT want to have money taken BY 
> > FORCE by large bureaucracy and given willy-nilly to whoever makes up 
> > the best boo-hoo sob story. I've lived around and worked with MANY 
> > fully able-bodied individuals that were taking money from the system 
> > via systematic fraud (workmans comp, Medicare, etc.). Then there's 
> > the whole part about federal funding for all kinds of crap that I 
> > would NEVER EVER support if given a choice in the matter. I give many 
> > thousands to charities each year... ones of MY choosing.
> >
> > There is NO charity in someone taking my money to give to someone 
> > else (and in many cases, keep some for themselves for being so 
> > righteous). That's playing shift-the-burden-of-my-guilt complex. Far 
> > too common.
> >
> > RR 
> >
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