How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

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  1. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    plenty of hospitals are funded vy voluntary charity. like that famous st jude childrens hospital. they provide really expensive cancer care for little kids, and the families dont pay at all.
     
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  2. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Just for starters, as I am winding down for the night.

    Habitat
    Local Food Banks
    Salvation Army
    Local churches helping out the underpriviledged
    Missions funded by private donations
    United Way
    Unicef
    Goodwill
    etc

    In Wichita Falls, there was a Mission that housed, clothed and fed the indigent, a free health center that handled dental and medical treatment, Food Bank, etc, etc. All of these were funded with private donations.
     
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  3. LSUDad

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    UPS and FedEx are better than USPS.
     
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  4. martin

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    this is why the only thing that really matters is a robus economy. eventually we get to the point where our wealth solves our problems and we do not need the government.

    for example, in a poor country, you can outlaw child labor, but the kids will still work. but in america, it isnt the laws that keep kids from labor. its that we are rich and do not need child labor.

    hunger used to be a problem. not in america, its a thing of the past. nobody in america is hungry. our economy is so good that food is a tiny expenditure for almost everyone.
     
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  5. Rwilliams

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    150$ a week isn't small. I went get a gallon of milk yesterday and it was six bucks.
     
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  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Well, I am aware that charities exist, good ones. I donate to several.

    What I was looking for was examples or evidence that any or all of these private donors can pick up the entire load. All of them are hard-pressed to fulfill their part of the sector, now. If they had to pick up from government services they would be entirely swamped. There isn't a country in the world that can care for their indigents by private donations alone.

    I think it is a pipe dream.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    For packages, sure. But I can't imagine them delivering a first class letter for 44 cents, 6 days a week.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Spoken like a sheltered rich kid.
     
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  9. LSUDad

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    Do some homework here Red:


    The U.S. Postal Service said Friday that it lost $8.5 billion. Earlier estimates had put the loss at $6 billion to $7 billion.
    The red ink comes despite the elimination of 105,000 jobs and other cutbacks over recent years.

    Even the USPS can't do it for 44 cents, 6 days a week.
     
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  10. Rwilliams

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    I don't understand why they don't cut out Saturday service. It's not needed. Most banks don't do business on Saturday. That's the only reason I can think of that Saturday mail would be important. Getting a check mailed to you. Even if you made a deposit on saturday it would be Monday before it posted. A regular letter that isn't delivered on Friday can wait till Monday. Cut Saturday and save some money.
     
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