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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

His point, bill, is that people won't vote, even for beneficial change; if, 
they are voting themselves a 'removal' of benefit.  And, that is now, about 
half the country.  He is not talking class structure or anything like that.  
Just numbers and how they can appliy in voting  .....bobford



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--- On Sun, 11/9/08, william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: william Eggers <wce1482 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Half of U.S. "on the dole"
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 4:10 PM
> Actually when you consider the amount of money received
> rather than the number of people receiving it, you find that
> most of the money goes to wealthy people and corporations.
> --- On Sun, 11/9/08, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Half of U.S. "on the
> dole"
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 11:53 AM
> 
> I don't thinkm you read the article Rob.  What you just
> said is neither
> written nor implied ..........bobford
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Rob <becida AT comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Half of U.S. "on the
> dole"
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 10:47 AM
> > Calling the fire, police and military as "on the
> > dole" is honest numbers?
> > 
> > 
> > At  11/9/2008 09:43 AM,bob ford wrote:
> > >What numbers are wrong, specifically?
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > >--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Rob
> <becida AT comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Half of U.S.
> "on
> > the dole"
> > > > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 10:38 AM
> > > > At  11/9/2008 09:18 AM,Don  Bowen wrote:
> > > > >This is mostly a miss reading.  Maybe
> over
> > half of the
> > > > population is taking
> > > > >government checks but look at the
> > distribution of that
> > > > half.  You have not
> > > > >just welfare recipients but military,
> local
> > police and
> > > > fire, government
> > > > >employees, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > >Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> > > >
> > > > Just spin, lot's of that going on these
> days.
> > Much
> > > > better bad numbers
> > > > when you include the cop down the street and
> the
> > fireman as
> > > > "on the dole". These days maybe
> you
> > should
> > > > include half of the Wall
> > > > Street bankers?
> > > >
> > > > It's really hard to have a useful
> discussion
> > on
> > > > anything when you
> > > > start out with distorted numbers, that is a
> sign
> > of the
> > > > times for our
> > > > society these days.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > > > becida AT comcast.net
> > > >
> > > >
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