“If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.” (Jewish Proverb) Irony is the descriptive word here. There are so many ways that life is unfair for the poor. Is there something that you and I can do to help them make a very nice living? What are your ideas? ;-) Jack
FROM GOOD DEBT JON IN OHIO: From the 1863 Conscription Act, the rich could pay for the poor to die for them, and the government negotiated the price: “An act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces, and for other Purposes,” Congressional Record. 37th Cong. 3d Sess. Ch. 74, 75. 1863. March 3, 1863. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That any person drafted and notified to appear as aforesaid, may, on or before the day fixed for his appearance, furnish an acceptable substitute to take his place in the draft; or he may pay to such person as the Secretary of War may authorize to receive it, such sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, as the Secretary may determine, for the procuration of such substitute; which sum shall be fixed at a uniform rate by a general order made at the time of ordering a draft for any state or territory; and thereupon such person so furnishing the substitute, or paying the money, shall be discharged from further liability under that draft.
DAZ FROM MICHIGAN RESPONDS TO GOOD DEBT JON: I think you would find the history of the Civil War very interesting, but you can't take little bits and pieces. To discuss that business of buying substitutes out of context is not to useful
FROM J.S. IN MICHIGAN: They are doing that right now...the rich are hiring the poor to serve in our volunteer army and, consequently, the poor are dying for them. It is another tragedy of this very tragic decade under GWB.
ADVICE FROM PLUTARCH: Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
ADVICE FROM ZIG ZIGLAR: You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
FROM F.M. IN WISCONSIN: I just received a nice letter from Rocky Boy Indian Mission yesterday - the pastor, Arden Barden, thanked us for our gifts and our prayers for the mission to the people, the poor people who live on the reservation.
FROM J.C. IN HONG KONG: Who are the poor? What a blessing ... to be in material poverty while a spiritual millionaire. No need to "help" that situation.
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