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Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by SeleneLux
The real problem is not the poor and helpless it is the rich and powerful.
What qualifies someone as poor and helpless?
Do me a favor. On the 1st or the 15th of the month, wake up one morning at like 6:30am. Go to your local Social Security office or wherever they hand out the checks to people who dont get them in the mail.
I will bet you there is a line that stretches the front of the building for people waiting to receive their check from the taxpayer.
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
Now in that same morning, drive around to all the local businesses. Best Buy, Wal Mart, any department store or mall or any grocery store. How many people will you see lined up to get a job application? Zero. And that is not because they are not hiring. That is because there is a percentage of welfare recipients who would rather receive a check for free than work for it.
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
So stop with this "holier than thou" attitude about how the rich are evil. There are countless of rich people who employ countless others and provide them with a job. Do you know how many people welfare recipients employ and provide a job to? The people who work for social security and the politicians who make it easy for them to get a check for free.
Originally posted by WarminIndy
And the Federal minimum wage in all states in 7.50. And there are a lot of poor people who are poor because they like to be poor.
Originally posted by StayAlert1
This bill is long over due and should be inacted in every state. Far too much free "Assistance" being handed out to too many non motivated , don't want a job anyway, suck off the system, types.
Drug testing should be manditory for all persons recieving Federal assistance. You flunk, you are cut off.
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these are the things I think that I need to live...
a roof over my head...
a car, transportation.....sorry, no walking here!! used to walk, but them messed up my feet, then they got messed up more through lack of healthcare.....car, is needed, period!!
untilities, electricity, heat, water, ect...
food, a meal a day, at least......
healthcare!!
cigs, but that is irrelevant really, since I don't earn enough for the stuff I listed...
I make more than minimum wage, less than 10 dollars an hour, and this is based on a 40 hour workweek, although our slow period this year was about half a year, and well, we don't get 40 hours a week....
to me, affordable rent would be somewhere between a quarter to a third of my income....well....
sorry, can't find anything in that price range, not even a tiny efficiency in the crappiest part of town....
doubt if I could meet the rest of my needs if I could find it anyways....
luckily, I have a husband!!
Originally posted by dreamseeker
In order to put a limit on welfare; jobs need to be brought back. The outsourced jobs need to come back and stricter laws on illegal aliens. You can't just rip things away from people without a security net. They need to have more programs to help people get off benefits. I get different benefits myself(I am on disablity); but my case worker is a hands off type who never helps me really. I have asked if there is some sort of program to get me acculmated to a job that would work with my disablities. I never get an answer. I went into voc rehab and because I am not a criminal or drug addict they don't want to help me. There are not enough programs at least in my state to implement a rule like this!