Path: utzoo!mnetor!philmtl!ncc!real!Oliver
From: Oliver@real.FIDONET.ORG (Oliver McDonald)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: TAX REVOLT NOW!!
Message-ID: <244.24E74DD8@real.FIDONET.ORG>
Date: 14 Aug 89 22:34:17 GMT
Organization: The (only) Real World, Edmonton AB.  (403) 477-0803
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In an article of <13 Aug 89 20:26:19 GMT>, gilles@alberta.uucp (Gilles Simon Dionne) writes:

 GS>  Actually, this is quite interesting. My perception of social services 
 GS>in the U.S is that for the most part they are insufficient for the  
 GS>demand.
 GS>This agravating the problems caused by the "poor people"( such as 
 GS>crimes like theft ).
 GS>  Since the economy of the U.S. is in better shape then ours, I don't 
 GS>see why the situation there should be worse then here if they spend  
 GS>the same amount of money( proportionally ). Is my perception of the  
 GS>state of social services in the U.S wrong?( ie. they provide the same  
 GS>basic services ours do :-) ) Is my perception of the state of the U.S  
 GS>economy wrong?( ie. they can't afford to do more :-) ). Or,... are  
 GS>their services just inefficient and badly organized?

Actually, the problem that the US faces in this area is that their wealth is  
not as evenly distributes as is ours.  As such they have a larger 'poverty  
class' and thus an equivalent number of $$ just is not able to provide the  
same basics.

Oliver.
 
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