Originally posted by yuniorsan
reply to post by vkey08
Well see it this way for all intend and purposes they are getting a salary, so, you can't get a job with governmental unless you get a drug screen,
so why are they exempt?
Why I have to get a drug screen to make money, but they don't need one to receive it... that to me is double standard.
And activists are quick to jump the fence for the poor and lazy, but the people that work 80 hours a week and barely making it, those poor souls
don't get benefits...
NOW, if you have better idea of how to stop the free loaders, I'm all ears, if you don't then you are part of the problem...
Because the FACT is, THERE ARE FREE LOADERS USING WELFARE!!!
1- They Can work, but choose not too.
2- Have 10 kids, because government pays form them, and they get a nice sum of money.
3- They teach the kids, that work is unnecessary, government will provided.
Instead of criticizing, why don't come up with a solution for those issues.
Ahh apples and oranges argument... Because to get a job, you have to prove you aren't impaired, then somehow that equates to Food Stamps being a
salary. EEEEEEEPPPPPP wrong answer. It's a safety net program, you're angry because they are abusing the program? There's no easy fix but..
There are many other solutions to this problem, the first and foremost is the Welfare to Work program, Westchester County NY put a time limit on
benefits (2 years) , after which time, you can receive no cash, and Food Stamps are contingent on working twords or finding gainful employment. They
are inelegible for cash assistance for 6 years after that.. That's only one of the solutions, over time I've seen about 500 proposals to help cut
fraud, I've also seen fraud nipped at the people giving the benefits, where they are arrested for not doing sue dilligence in checking the people
they are approving.. None of them involve the removal of the right to privacy or the right against illegal search and seizure. Just because you are
an addict, does not mean you are ineligible for benefits, it's that simple.
Seems to me you're the one without a solution, and you're begging everyone else to fix this issue, and only sitting there armchair angry over
something you have zero clue about.
Foodstamps, in their normal form can only be used for food items. Granted there are some people that use them for things other than intended, and
when caught they face fierce fines, jail time, etc, and can NEVER get them again... Bet you didn't know that eh?
Try attending some of the brainstorming sessions they have all over the country for dealing with welfare fraud, see how far you get with your
attitude, it's based upon conjecture and anger based upon conjecture.. There are some that abuse the system, yes, but there are many more who don't,
wanna punish them too?
Also, no offense, learn how to write in English.. Your grammar is more borked than most of the people you claim don't deserve help.