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14. Februarie 2009, 04:49:59

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Subiectul: Glenn Beck quote:

"You know one of my favorite quotes on poverty comes from Benjamin Franklin. I love this quote: "We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty." I love that!"

The problem, Franklin didn't say that. He DID say:

"But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue: 'tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright."

And...

"The Poor have little, Beggars none; the Rich too much, enough not one."

And...

"The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off."

Should we maintain the poor, as Franklin suggests? Or should we kick them out of poverty, as Beck recommends?