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Sinti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-07-06 09:39 AM
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4. Yes... each life has a value
Way back in the day, I recall Reagan has them do a study on this. Each American life was worth $76.12 or somesuch.

Seriously though, life seems to lose more and more of its value all the time. Most of us are simply replaceable cogs in the machine that feeds the greed monster. IMO these long-term plans, most of which have little real substance to them, are just a fairytale created to quiet discontent. Every 8 years or so they come up with a plan to get the elementary kids better educated, saying it's too late for the older ones - which were the elementary kids that were supposed to get better educated in the last round of changes.

The problems don't go away, because they serve a purpose. We need a huge mindset change if you want to see the quality of average human life become more important than the money and power of TPTB. Maybe next century...
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