Teams or other large groups of people are great for deflecting blame. When everyone is responsible, no one is accountable. What happens when "society" is responsible for you? What happens when you are responsible for you? Guess who has more of an interest in your success?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_economy
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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a broad economic vision Tuesday, saying it's time to replace an "on your own" society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity.
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So everyone is responsible for everyone else? Great in theory, but in practice it means that no one is responsible for anyone, even themselves.
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The Democratic senator said what the Bush administration touts as an "ownership society" really is an "on your own" society that has widened the gap between rich and poor. "I prefer a 'we're all in it together'
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Ahhh...the old party line of the "widening gap between rich and poor". A recent study (do a search, I posted a thread) has correlated this gap with age. Meaning younger people have less money and older people have more. This is a desirable thing, IMO. Closing the "gap" could have disastrous effects--think of all the people without retirement savings...or the inflation caused by an affluent younger generation.