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Old Posted Sep 25, 2006, 3:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Exarchus
Maybe I'm a communist, but the disabled homeless I gave 30€ in Budapest in 2004 (missing an arm, two legs and one eye) made a better use of them than my pocket.
Good for you. Really. But too bad, you don't distinguish between voluntary charity, and extortion-like high taxes. Social technocrats, in general, tend to treat people like statistical phenomena. I.e.: if you give 30€ to someone disabled it is good. If you give 30 milion to a government organization helping the disabled, it is a milion times better. I, OTOH, treat people like unique individuals. Whether a 30€ will help someone, or not, is a dillema to solve by the owner of this 30€. Besides, you cannot give something, that doesn't belong to you.
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