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29 Jul 2024 00:35:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Is no-cost software irresponsible?  
From: scott
Date: 1 Aug 2013 07:39:08
Message: <51fa48dc$1@news.povray.org>
> Helping the poor who cannot afford clothes is ok. Saturating the market
> with free stuff that even the people who could afford it otherwise is not,
> because that kills even the little economy that there could be.

But the people who can afford the clothes in the first place will simply 
buy other things instead, so some other economy will be increased to 
match the decrease in textiles.

> The best way to help a nation is not to give it as much free stuff as it
> wants. It's to help it get its economy running.

Why wouldn't giving them free clothes help the economy? People would 
have more to spend on things like education and medicine rather than 
being trapped only barely being able to afford clothes and food.


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