Theos-Talk Archives (November 1999 Message tl00359)

hi all,
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:05:29 EST WLR7D@aol.com wrote:

> Here are a few more thoughts you can reject.
>
> If government bails a failing company out and thousands of jobs are saved and
> people spared being thrown out into the street begging, what's the problem?
> (Not that I'm advocating your "corporate welfare", but this just came to mind
> since you are so concerned about the working class.)

> If capitalism is so bad, why is it that the U.S., as a direct result of such
> capitalism, is the benevolent benefactor of the world.

Excuse me? The benevolent benefactor of the world, perhaps,
but also the western country with the most people dependent
on benevolent groups giving out food, clothes etc.

Also the US had the privelige (spelling?) of not paying its
dues for the UN, thereby giving a bad example to less
priviliged country's.

>(This is not to
> suggest I do not see the malevolence of the U.S. as well such as the wag the
> dog actions of Clinton and his liberal cronies.  But such malevolence is not
> capitalism.) Name one socialistic or communistic country that has reached out
> and helped humanity even a fraction of the degree the U.S. has been capable
> of.
WEll, the USSR helped CUba tremendously, when it was a lot
poorer than the USA.

Katinka
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