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It's a pity that not everyone has the attitude of the squirrel.
This (squirrel and grasshopper) analogy was made years ago (at least 30 odd) about the whites and blacks in Africa.
It is true that some people work hard, are productive and save for the future and are useful members of society; there are also others who are lazy, don't want to work and expect everyone else to help them; but - and it is a big but, there are also people who cannot work for a number of reasons, but would love to, or who cannot earn enough to support themselves and their fasmily, who cannot save because they have no work or enough money and it is these vulnerable people who shouldn't be classed as the grasshoppers and who do need help, real help.
It's like the third way; there are also the third kind of people: people who work, save and are productive; people who are lazy, won't work and are non-productive and those who can't work, or can't earn enough money and these genuine people, need genuine help, not the scivers and lazy people.
Separating them is the difficult bit for Governments.
Roger
