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Re: I guarantee -- no one except the dumbest wants to be on "welfare".
Maybe so, but until the welfare reforms were intiated there were a lot of "dumbest" people who knew how to game the system.
posted by
WriterofLight
on February 19, 2009 at 7:45 PM
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Re: I wish your nation well ... that is all I can say.
Welcome, Chilitree
, and thanks, we need all the well-wishes we can get.
posted by
WriterofLight
on February 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
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I guarantee -- no one except the dumbest wants to be on "welfare".
I have first hand knowledge of this. What people get from all the aid legitimately keeps them quite low on the income scale. There are those who do not receive it legitimately, and you can see that by the vehicles they drive.
Almost everyone I've known on aid wants to get out of it and be a contributing member of society.
Too many people on aid have to go to food banks and private agencies for help. Too many people at the edges can hardly afford just the necessities. Too many just above the qualified income for aid cannot afford health insurance.
Now, if you spoke from actual experience, like I do, then maybe what you say would be more believable.
posted by
Xeno-x
on February 17, 2009 at 7:38 AM
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It's the name of the game.
posted by
BC-A
on February 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM
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I wish your nation well ... that is all I can say.
posted by
Chilitree
on February 16, 2009 at 7:48 PM
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