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   From: joe@jretrading.com   
      
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   > Maybe you could give all your indigenous people decent housing and   
   > jobs, in order to prove that you are sane?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Technical nitpick: You don't 'give' people jobs, you give them money,   
   typically in order to keep them voting for the political party which   
   promises to be most generous with other peoples' money and, of course,   
   to prevent them becoming self-reliant.   
      
   A 'job' is the name for a situation where someone wants some work   
   done competently, and is prepared to pay someone else to do it. Jobs   
   aren't gifts, they are trading transactions based on wants and needs.   
      
   You may be thinking of 'makework', which is a type of charity.   
      
   --   
   Joe   
      
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