[kj] Jaz would nt appreciate this article

[gregslawson at aol.com]

Yeah, and I have several friends in Boston (US), usually considered a pretty rich town, that can't pay their bills, can't buy new clothes, live in shitty places, and in some cases run out of food money. The fact is that Peter West is a follower of some kind of Libertarian or Objectivist ideology, or is just a foolish, angry right-winger. Plus he has psychological issues and just likes to piss people off. But it's good that on this list we stand up to the few right-wingers--the only way to deal with their ideas is to crush them. And given the current state of the world (wars, growing poverty and disease) we must do just that! 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Javier Garcia <jagargal at lycos.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:28:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz would nt appreciate this article


How many poor people do you know wearing new shoes, driving a car and using 
their cell phone?

The answer is easy.... you are not part of the poor. You're a mid-class guy.

At the end I don't know if the poor are getting poorer, but what is absolutely 
true is that the rich are getting richer.

Here in Mexico we have Carlos Slim who's the 4th richer guy in the world (if not 
exactly he's always into the top 10). He's getting richer every single day, and 
against many people could think he's not a complete bastard, just a little bit 
(at least he has made some things to restore antique zones of cities, parks, 
etc.).
In contrast we have about 15/20% of population comformed by very poor people, I 
mean POOR PEOPLE without any basic services (water, electricity, etc).

mis dos pesos

Javier
mexicocity

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From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
To: iPat <pmdavies at gmail.com>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
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Subject: Re: [kj] Jaz would nt appreciate this article
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:41:06 +0100

> 
> "The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer"
> 
> How many times have you heard that?
> > From my observations this is completely untrue,The population is
> considerably more wealthier than a generation ago.People have never had so
> much disposable income.Nowadays youngsters all wear labels,got mobiles and
> as most are overweight,they must be getting ample food.Televisions,VCRs,
> phones and cars are the norm,Before they were luxury items.I dont know about
> anyone else,But I used to get new shoes when the ones I had got a whole
> in,Not when a new design came out.And the only time one would get new
> clothes is when the old ones fell apart.I dont see that happening today.
>     Can anyone honestly say they this generation is worse off then previous
> ones?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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