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Old Apr 12, 2008, 07:32 am   #172 (permalink) (top)
Nono
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It comes down to the definition of human necessity.

I would like to think that as the most advanced country in the world we can allow our definition of human necessity to provide for a relatively high quality of life.

Just making sure people have 4 walls, a floor, a ceiling and the minimum food/water needed to survive does not cut it for a nation as great as ours.
Well, M, not everybody thinks it's so great. Oh, I forgot, God blesses it, don't He?

The countries with the most of what I would consider makes a society "great" (widely shared prosperity, peace, social services, etc.) are generally countries with more regulation (by democratically elected government, of course). Draw your own conclusions.


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