X-Message-Number: 21823 Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 14:13:36 -0400 From: Francois <> Subject: Concerning welfare, taxes, etc,. I want to remind everyone that humans have become what they are today because they cooporate with each other. They share time, resources and risk, bringing into existence a civilization that is exponetially superior to what 6 billion humans working individually could possibly hope to achieve. Without cooperation, we would still be small ape things wandering the plains of Africa and being lunch for the predator of those plains. So we may not like it when a sizable part of what we earn ends up in the government's pocket, but the alternative is simply not an option. Remember something else too, humans are greedy bastards and they would simply not be able to create the kind of civilization we live in if there wasn't intitutes to twist their arms and knock some sense into their thick heads from time to time. Francois --------------------------------------------------------------------- No lifespan shorter than eternity is acceptable --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21823