This is where I'll disagree with you. There are some hands, that while having the same number of cards as everyone else as the table, can't be played and the challenges go beyond physical or mental disabilities.
There's an interesting movement picking up steam on both the intellectual left and the intellectual right and that's the idea of what has historically been termed a "guaranteed minimuml income." The government would provide everyone with a certain stipend which they could spend as they see fit, but things like food stamps and subsidized housing would go away. Put simply, people would be given the wherewithal to purchase goods within the free market.
For those of you on the right who want to poo-poo this, have a seance and talk to the ghosts of Milton Friedman and Friederich Hayek, who both suggested this approach. Conservative sociologist Charles Murray has been the latest to promote this from the right.
Curious to see if this gets any legs.
jpx7 (11-21-2013)
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
This is why I don't bother either. You cannot have a good conversation when Steak Sauce appears. It is like you are want to get your freak on with bone Kate Upton, than Steak Stauce, aka Roseann Barr shows up instead nekkid.
He is by far the most leftist individual and lacks the most common sense of any individual I have ever read on any message board.
The Chosen One (11-21-2013)
You should be OK if you carry a gun, like this guy
On February 26th a man waiting for his six-year-old daughter to to dropped off from school had no idea he would be the city's first reported victim.
The victim was attacked by 17-year-old Marvell Weaver. But Weaver did more than try to knock his victim out, he tried to do it with a taser. Luckily for the victim, the taser didn't work and he was able to protect himself with his concealed-carry .40 caliber pistol.
"He shoved something into my side. I wasn't sure what it was. It had some force to it. I wasn't sure if it was a knife or a gun," said the victim.
Weaver was shot twice, in the leg and an inch away from his spine. He's been sentenced to a year in jail for the attack, but he admits he's getting off easy.
"It was just a lesson learned. I wish I hadn't played the game at all," said Weaver.
50pound,
What happens in that movement when they blow their stipend and don't get healthcare/ins/ food with that stipend? Is there another safety net? Are we going to be "callous" with them after that? I'd be interested to know.