> > >Evidently, Ms. Ehrenreich has a very patrician, if not aristocratic,
>> >notion of help as a charitable handout. How about a more
>> >social-democratic concept of self- and mutual- help and
>cooperativism?
>>
>> Do you know anything about Barbara Ehrenreich's politics?
>>
>
>A little bit. That is why I found her comments about handing down money
>like charitable donations surprising.
Well, I think she meant it as a hybrid joke/insult, not a serious policy proposal.
Doug