01-23-2004, 04:05 PM
whoa whoa whoa!!!
I think we have our countries mixed up!!!
In the US it is VERY easy to abuse the welfare system. My first job was a cashier at a food market when i was 16.
I remember vividly all the food stamp abuse that occurred. This wasn't just some blind stereotype i was casting either.
My wife could go RIGHT NOW down to The Dept. of Health and Human Services on Jackson Avenue and say I had left
her for another woman and they would put her on welfare with food stamps TODAY. They don't even check
to see how much she makes.
The distribution of wealth is NOT the way of Capitalist governments...that is the way of socialist governments...like France.
If this were the case...then you are saying that it is the right of every individual to be entitled to money??? I hope not.
It is the right of every individual to be responsible and TRY to get income by working a job. Anyone ever worked 2 jobs???
I have. It sucks...but it was my responsibility to provide for my family any way i could. That led me to work 2 shitty jobs at
one time. I didn't sit on my ass and cry about not having what everyone else did. I didn't say someone give me a handout.
I didn't say the government owes me for my misery. NO...I got out and did what i had to do. I protected MY individual rights
by doing what was to be done.
To be honest...I respect your mom 100% for tightening up the belt and working that job. That's a 'work ethic'. Doesn't it make
you angry to see people NOT work the same jobs because they think they are too good to do it; and they get the same money
free from the govt? Welfare eligibility is dependent on what income you bring in over the year. I believe it is like under so many
thousand per year in US.
What is all this 'abusing' you are talking about with your parents?? Sounds like your parents did what thousands of people NEED to do
to get back up and going. They honestly worked for your survival and that is commendable. I think you misinterpeted something I said.
I think we have our countries mixed up!!!
In the US it is VERY easy to abuse the welfare system. My first job was a cashier at a food market when i was 16.
I remember vividly all the food stamp abuse that occurred. This wasn't just some blind stereotype i was casting either.
My wife could go RIGHT NOW down to The Dept. of Health and Human Services on Jackson Avenue and say I had left
her for another woman and they would put her on welfare with food stamps TODAY. They don't even check
to see how much she makes.
The distribution of wealth is NOT the way of Capitalist governments...that is the way of socialist governments...like France.
If this were the case...then you are saying that it is the right of every individual to be entitled to money??? I hope not.
It is the right of every individual to be responsible and TRY to get income by working a job. Anyone ever worked 2 jobs???
I have. It sucks...but it was my responsibility to provide for my family any way i could. That led me to work 2 shitty jobs at
one time. I didn't sit on my ass and cry about not having what everyone else did. I didn't say someone give me a handout.
I didn't say the government owes me for my misery. NO...I got out and did what i had to do. I protected MY individual rights
by doing what was to be done.
To be honest...I respect your mom 100% for tightening up the belt and working that job. That's a 'work ethic'. Doesn't it make
you angry to see people NOT work the same jobs because they think they are too good to do it; and they get the same money
free from the govt? Welfare eligibility is dependent on what income you bring in over the year. I believe it is like under so many
thousand per year in US.
What is all this 'abusing' you are talking about with your parents?? Sounds like your parents did what thousands of people NEED to do
to get back up and going. They honestly worked for your survival and that is commendable. I think you misinterpeted something I said.