HEllo Bob,

On Mon 2039-May-23 04:23, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to JOHN HULL:

I usually don't reply to threads brought here from other
echoes, as you're all talking around each other instead of
*to each other, as those you are replying to here don't
carry this echo.  But had to this one.

 JH> they passed Johnson's Guns and Butter welfare crap

BK>  Johnson's plan was a work based plan. Welfare existed before 
BK> Johnson, and his attempt to turn it into work was killed by 
BK> conservatives.

Granted.  WElfare in various forms existed long before, to
wit the Elizabethan "poor laws" etc.

THis is why when these discussions keep coming up in the
various Fidonet political fora I point folks to TenBroek's
"Hope deferred" which should be at least available to you
via interlibrary loan.  WIth work there is hope.


Regards,
           Richard
... 10% of everything isn't crap, watch closely or you'll miss it!
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