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To: Riverman94610
Kindness and compassion are Christian tenets that separate us from lower life forms

Rand's problem was with cumpolsory charity and kindness extorted at the point of a gun, such as when the government takes part of our earnings and gives it to someone with what they consider a greater need for the money. Rand felt that charity and kindness were to be given for what they added to the life of the giver, not as some penance for success.

146 posted on 05/05/2007 1:31:19 PM PDT by RobFromGa (This tagline intentionally left blank.)
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To: RobFromGa

And the voluntary aspect is the critical point.Otherwise it becomes confiscation of hard earned wealth.
And,if you really think about it,even in most socialist states,the redistributed wealth rarely goes to”the people”but to the State bureaucrats.


153 posted on 05/05/2007 2:18:06 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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