Posted by Kevin Bates The poor guy is still working under the illusion that bedevils the whole US psyche - namely the claim that wealth is a sign of God's good favour and conversely poverty a sign of God's displeasure. How many more of these Helen Steiner-Rice-style inanities will we have to endure? More to the point, what a dangerous world the assumptions underling this nonsense create.
on July 18, 2002, 10:11 am
Where does this turkey get off? George Bush has just pronounced solemnly in a speech this week that "there is no capitalism without conscience and no wealth without character".
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