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Show POORHOUSE. Abolish the poorhouse by pensioning the aged That is the slogan of .TudRe Thomas O'Donnell of Kansas City. No one with a heart can oppose him Great Britain. France and New Zea land have old-age pensions, following the new trail blazed by Denmark in 1801. Unfortunate, that anyone ever needs a pension in old age. For ones who do. it should be provided. You like, of course, both sides to a question The other side to this is that paternalism destroys initiative and the incentive to thrift. As always, the best system would be a happy medium, me-dium, providing lor the aged unlucky, but not enough to tempt the majoritv to stop saving to provide for themselves. |