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Old 09-10-2015, 10:51 AM   #81
peter12
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Originally Posted by Cameron Swift View Post
Why is it that when it comes to a question of charity, you (and others online) expect private citizens to step up before the government?

When pressing on the government to increase funding for schools, should we be donating money first? When we want a nice new ring road, were you asking how much people had contributed first?

"Pfft, these people who want an interchange at Glenmore and Ogden! I didn't see any of them digging into their pockets."
The relational problems involved with the dignity and safety of the human refugees streaming from a conflict we helped to exacerbate should be met with the charity and compassion of wealthy Westerners.
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