[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> My point was simply that the so-called "poor" in this country have it 
> pretty damn good compared to the rest of the world.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Is this an endorsement for other countries enacting social programs 
> to help their poor (a la USA), or for the USA to let its poor live as 
> they do in Indonesia or Zambia?

No. It's an endorsement of the capitalist system that makes it possible for
the poor to become self-sufficient in the U.S.   


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