Re: WHY? (Re: One-pot dish)

On 2024-12-01, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2024-12-01 5:41 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2024-12-01, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

On 11/29/2024 12:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:

On 11/28/2024 5:14 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

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That's what happens when you have multiple welfare generations in a
row. I see this in action, especially in the impoverished area where I
live.  I blame LBJ's great society program for starting this mess.
Reducing poverty...  Not really -- Why work when it's all handed to
you on a platter?

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You're blaming Lyndon B. Johnson for how things are in 2024?  That's a
stretch.
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Jill

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I wonder how many trillions of dollars of debt over the years have built
up due to LBJ's "war on poverty"?
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He started most of the social welfare programs, such as food stamps.
Prior to that, poor people had to grow their own food

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Michael, people living in cities have never grown their own
food, all the way back to Imperial Rome and probably back further.
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I think we have all heard about victory gardens. I don't know about
other cities but I have been in Italian neighbourhoods in Toronto and
there were always a lot of vegetable gardens and usually some fruit
trees and grape vines.

 Have you been in large apartment complexes to see their gardens?