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

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Rick posted a reply that answers this ... local assistance to the needy 

- not more Big Government!

B

philville dejazzd.com wrote:

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

  Now we are getting some where.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
  Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:46 am
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris Losing
  Their Good Looks? )
  To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
  Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
  > 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
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Ric Rainbolt wrote:
  > >
  > >
  > >> At 05:50 PM 11/12/2008, you wrote:
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>> 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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Re: Barstool Economics (was RE: Are Ferraris Losing Their Good Looks? )	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxtonBuxtonMotorsports.com)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:32:01 -0800 (PST)