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<p>It makes it so much easier to find morons.<blockquote>President George W. Bush and his supporters are supposed to be Christian. Yet, the reason I most often hear for supporting Bush's plan to privatize Social Security is this: People want to keep "their own" money. C'mon, folks. Have you forgotten the parable of the loaves and the fishes? When we share, there's plenty for everyone. When we hoard, there is never enough.</p>

<p>--<a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/opinion/content/opinion/daily/0210speakup.html">Dayton Daily News</a></blockquote>First off, the "parable" of the loaves and fishes wasn't a parable.  It was a miracle.  It's called a miracle because those things don't happen in the normal course of events; they require God's intervention.</p>

<p>Secondly I'd suggest that the caller/writer refer to the "parable" of the Soviet Communism.  It goes something like this: "When people are forced to share it would take a miracle for anybody to have enough."</p>

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