~>> BK> 4. All people have a right to life and to secure the basic
~>> BK> necessities of life (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, education,
~>> BK> health care, safe environment, economic security.)
 EC>
~>> Anytime a socialist liberal starts talking about morality, grab your
~>> wallet and call your lawyer.

 EC> I don't know about that, but when you see someone say
 EC> things like "The economy exists for the person, not the
 EC> person for the economy" you know right off that they
 EC> understand nothing of economics.

 As you claim to be an economist, tell us about your
 interpretation - as an economist.

 EC> Did you catch the "right to work" part?  And the
 EC> "corresponding duty to work?"  Interesting that the "right"
 EC> to food does not have a corresponding "duty" to eat.  Nor
 EC> is there a corresponding duty of farmers to give away their
 EC> food.

 Are you anti-Catholic as well?

 A Catholic Framework for Economic Life

 A Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

 November 1996

 As followers of Jesus Christ and participants in a powerful
 economy, Catholics in the United States are called to work for
 greater economic justice in the face of persistent poverty,
 growing income-gaps, and increasing discussion of economic
 issues in the United States and around the world. We urge
 Catholics to use the following ethical framework for economic
 life as principles for reflection, criteria for judgment and
 directions for action. These principles are drawn directly from
 Catholic teaching on economic life.

 1. The economy exists for the person, not the person for the
 economy.

 ...

 Somehow I suspect your thinking is shallow compared to these
 bishops.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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