[ExI] Cephalization, proles--Where is government going?

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:25 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice to know that the 44 million surviving on food stamps deserve it
> because it is their own fault.

### Yes, it is. And no, actually they don't deserve the stamps.
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 I guess you don't have to worry about
> the problem now. Half of those 44 million are children though,

### Then it's their parents' fault.

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 so the
> US should probably scrap the child labour laws so the kids can stop
> lazing around and get a job to support themselves.

### Actually, yes, and Robin Hanson agrees with me.

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Perhaps the US
> should pay for their plane tickets to China, where all the jobs are?

### ?

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>
> It is a great comfort to know that anybody that is struggling to
> survive deserves their situation. I'm just jetting off to my private
> island, but I'll ask my secretary to send 100 dollars to Save the
> Children, just so I can claim to be giving to charity.
> (It's tax deductible as well, which helps.  Not that I pay much tax
> anyway, of course. Wink, wink).

### Caricature. Insincere, too.