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From: josh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (J Storrs Hall)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory,net.politics
Subject: Re: Extent of hunger in America
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 21:21:02 EST
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In article <615@spar.UUCP> ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes:
>     Why does JoSH complacently propose feudalistic rationales which benefit
>     only those who are already well established? Because he is *NOT
>     interested FREEDOM FOR ALL*, only *freedom of those conformist whities
>     to permanently establish their hold of the stolen wealth of this
>     continent.*  Because he wishes *to create and become part of a
>     permanent propertied gentry*,...

Actually, I am already part of the propertied gentry, and am very 
comfortable on the proceeds of state theft, as lkk has mentioned.
Most of the leftist academics in similar positions take a very dim view
of my attempts to rock the boat...

>     Sorry, JoSH -- but I feel your comments about Richard were totally
>     off the mark.

They were probably unnecessarily harsh.  However I believe they contain
a core of truth.  I cannot but consider as hypocritical, pleas for more
massive spending, when orders of magnitude more than would be necessary
to fix the problems they cry about, are spent on the "poverty industry".

>     Please remember, however, that the hungry people Richard referred to
>     were those, in particular, who cannot possibly escape -- unemployables,
>     like those who are very old or those who are very young. 

I would quite honestly like to see a program of all-you-can-eat mush,
and similar deals for other necessities.  The question of whether it
should be publicly of privately run is completely separate.

--JoSH