Can anyone give me a good reason any of us should even work? We can get a free house, free food, free healthcare, extra spending cash, and a free car for sitting home and watching Jerry Springer all day. At the end of the year we wont even have to file those pesky tax forms. Where do I sign up?

Originally posted by justsomeboreddude
Can anyone give me a good reason any of us should even work? We can get a free house, free food, free healthcare, extra spending cash, and a free car for sitting home and watching Jerry Springer all day. At the end of the year we wont even have to file those pesky tax forms. Where do I sign up?

Only if you're black or hispamic, I am white I tried to get the help when I was laid off, and I was DENIED!!!! And I have three children, always worked and paid taxes and I served in the military!!!

Actually subsidised vehicles to help the unemployed secure work is a good idea.
Although according to the article it says that even if people become unemployed they get to keep it.
So I assume this is for working people who may have lost their cars due to the financial meltdown.

I guess it would be impossible to pay your mortgage if you can't get to work, so that's the only reason I can think of why they are giving away free cars.
And these days, it's hard to find work without a vehicle.
I know where I live, 90% of advertised jobs stipulate that you have your own transport.

So I guess there must be method to the madness.


[edit on 7-5-2009 by Flighty]

The problem is, those who would use it the way it is intended are the ones who get denied. All they have to do is fill out one application a week to collect their checks. JUST ONE.

My wife and I recently moved due to her PCSing. I had to quit my job and am now in the process of finding another. I have filled out 5 applications a day for the past 2 weeks and have called each place I filled an application once a day to hound them for an interview.

I have sent my resumee to every place I am qualified in a 50 mile radius. I have called them once a day for the last 2 weeks.

I have gone to each construction job site around here everyday, talking to the same forman everyday asking them if they are hiring.

I went to the welfare office asking for some help and told them this and I was still denied.

The reason I was denied is because I live on post. They think that we get everything free anyways that we don't need anymore help.

We have gone into our savings to help pay for food and bills and they think we make to much because I am a reservist and I bring in about 150 a month.

The welfare system needs a complete overhaul.

Yeah has anyone ever heard of public transit? Maybe they should give that a go. By the way, good luck Leroy. I wish you the best

Jd I know how that is. I couldn't even get a grant when I was a reservist because they said the army was going to be paying, but the army reserves only pays a portion of tuition and not for supplies or text books and I was getting the same pay you're getting!!!! They don't need an overhaul at all, they need to completely do away with it then maybe our populaton here will decrease opening more jobs for us and we can put all that money saved from the welfare system into unified healthcare! Just a thought.