08-29-2007, 06:29 PM
asteele2 Wrote:If we're talking about absolute poverty it's been effectively eliminated.
I don't really want to get into it but that's not true, unless effectively means hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sach's. He working towards eliminating world wide poverty.
I don't think Ron Paul advocates for the immediate end of social programs but a gradual transition away from social welfare. Welfare programs started for a reason. You guys should read about America in the 20's. It benefits everyone to not have an angry underclass.
Everyone on this forum benefitted from the GI bill in one way or another. It gave GI's coming back from war a free ride to college and effectively created the middle class which we're all part of.
A fair tax policy is great and I support it so long as we do away with all tax shelters including inheritance. A flat tax is only fair if my hard work rewards me the same as say, Paris Hilton. Which it currently does not.
Eliminating inheritances would also free up a lot of capital for reinvestment in our society.
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