--- 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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