RC>> Someone living off of the taxpayers, and SSI is from the general   
    RC>> fund, ie welfare, he should not be deeming someone who is a   
    RC>> taxpayer a failure.   
      
    ml> why not? i say call a spade a spade no matter who you are...   
      
    RC> No, I am referring to:   
      
    RC> Person A: Someone earning a living within the confines of the law,   
    RC> paying taxes, the whole nine yards.   
      
   ok...   
      
    RC> Person B: Someone collecting a check from the govt in the form of   
    RC> welfare, pays no taxes..   
      
   ok...   
      
    RC> Sorry Mark, person B has no standing or right to critique person A.   
      
   i don't see why not...   
      
    RC> Maybe you were raised different from I?   
      
   i don't think that any sane person could say, without a doubt, that they were   
   raised the same as anyone else other than their immediate siblings ;)   
      
    RC> Society may have deemed welfare a necessary evil, but welfare is   
    RC> not a badge of honor and anyone drawing on it, should be humble.   
      
   one can be humble and still critique others... there's nothing wrong with   
   that... heck, just look around here and most any other political area... there   
   are a huge number of folk who put themselves on some sort of pedestal above   
   others for some reason or another... truth be known, everyone of them/us puts   
   our pants on the same way...   
      
    RC> A bank robber has no business calling a shoplifter a thief.   
      
   i don't know why not? they are both thieves... so what...   
      
    RC> Someone on public assistance has no business calling another who   
    RC> has never been on assistance, a failure.   
      
   i don't know why not... they can both be failures... so what...   
      
    RC> Its that simple.   
      
   obviously it isn't because if it were, we'd not be having this conversation ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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