Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site teldata.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!drutx!houxe!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac From: tac@teldata.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Giveaways, handouts, etc. Message-ID: <382@teldata.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Jun-84 14:28:25 EDT Article-I.D.: teldata.382 Posted: Sun Jun 10 14:28:25 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Jun-84 00:55:19 EDT References: <2244@ihuxf.UUCP> Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA Lines: 36 , (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice) >> From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) >> Subject: Giveaways, handouts, etc. >> >> Taken from another submission: >> I KNOW some people who get government help don't need it. I >> would rather support a freeloader and help a legitimate victim >> than do neither. >> >> That brings to mind the story of the Vatican accountants and Pope John XXIII. >> Pope John was a great one for giving cash to anyone who got to him with >> a hard-luck story. This alarmed the accountants greatly. They remonstrated >> with the Pope, and he was reported to have said, "If I had a choice of >> giving to 9 scoundrels and 1 person in need, or not giving to any, I would >> choose to give to the 9 scoundrels, knowing they don't deserve it, just >> to make sure the person who needs it gets it." >> >> Sounds sensible to me. >> Mary Ann Zeszutko AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL >> ihnp4!ihuxf!features >> Isn't it iteresting that governments and churchs (who specialize in giving away money that *THEY* didn't earn) can afford to maintain this attitude. Just go and ask anyone who had to earn it what he would rather though. From the Soapbox of Tom Condon {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac} A Handout A Day If Someone Else Is To Pay. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are those of everyone who matters, but not necessarily anyone you know, and most certainly not my employers!