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Re: Air America!

From "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups alt.atheism
Subject Re: Air America!
Date 2016-06-05 11:46 +1000
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On 04/06/2016 18:02, Attila wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 10:44:46 +1000, "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> in
> alt.atheism with message-id <dremjoF1u1hU1@mid.individual.net> wrote:
>
>> On 03/06/2016 18:57, Attila wrote:
>>> On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:49:00 +1000, "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> in
>>> alt.atheism with message-id <drc2fsFgdo3U1@mid.individual.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I agree many of them should be eliminated but they must be earned by
>>>>> the companies involved and at least the companies are generating
>>>>> revenue and providing jobs.  Welfare payments just disappear and the
>>>>> economy gains nothing.
>>>>
>>>> There is a whole sector of the economy that specialises in catering to
>>>> welfare recipients ... businesses that create jobs and pay taxes.
>>>
>>> There are sectors the cater to anything that has any amount of money,
>>> including drugs.  That does not justify supporting an illegal
>>> activity.
>>
>> Welfare is illegal?
>
> Drugs are.  Welfare should just be heavily cut back.

Cut back to what?

You already have one of the stingiest, meanest welfare systems in the 
developed world.


>
>
>> Since when?
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> As for payments just disappearing and the economy gaining nothing, that
>>>> is simply untrue.  Money disbursed is being spent, kept in circulation.
>>>> It may be tax money and it may be spent inefficiently, but it does not
>>>> disappear.  It's actually quite hard to take money out of the economy
>>>> altogether ....
>>>
>>> Not really.  Just send it somewhere else.
>>
>> Which does not remove it from the economic cycle.
>
> It does if it is out of the country.  Would you use the same argument
> to justify illegal drug activity?

It does not.  The economic cycle is global these days.

As for drugs, I would legalise, regulate and tax them.  This would raise 
revenue, reduce crime and allow for cutbacks in government expenditure.

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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-01 20:05 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-02 01:39 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-02 16:44 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-03 04:50 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 03:49 -0400
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-03 20:55 -0500
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 03:54 -0400
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-04 06:53 -0500
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 09:11 -0400
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-04 12:38 -0500
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 14:31 -0400
                Re: Air America! John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 21:41 +0100
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 11:56 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-05 04:09 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 19:12 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-05 10:18 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 10:15 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 02:01 -0400
                Re: Air America! rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2016-06-07 15:42 -0700
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-08 11:38 +1000
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 21:28 -0500
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 14:19 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 02:08 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 17:21 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 04:32 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-07 09:44 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 23:08 -0400
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-06 08:02 -0500
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 14:14 -0400
                Re: Air America! Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> - 2016-06-06 21:10 -0500
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 23:11 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-07 18:22 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-03 10:28 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-03 04:55 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 10:52 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 04:00 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 11:54 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-05 04:13 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-02 01:43 -0400
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                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-02 10:36 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-02 01:48 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-03 10:49 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-03 04:57 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-04 04:02 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-05 04:15 -0400
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                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-05 10:23 -0400
                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 10:20 +1000
                Re: Air America! Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-06-06 02:13 -0400
                Re: Air America! John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 10:32 +0100
                Re: Air America! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-06 04:00 -0700
                Re: Air America! John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 15:53 +0100
                Re: Air America! Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 00:04 -0400
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                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 15:17 +1000
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                Re: Air America! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-06 17:13 +1000

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