We have come a long way from the original purpose of these programs. They are part of what was a war on poverty. It was supposed to give people in extreme economic distress a chance to have a better life. It was never supposed to bread and circuses for those who refuse to participate in the economy other than as consumers.
1. The money is not for those who refuse to work, it's for their children. And to prevent the current rampant abuse of the system, it should be dispersed as vouchers for food, housing, clothing and child care - for the children. 2. There are those who are truly unable to work, due to age or illness, a lot of whom are women who never worked outside the home and have no pension or Social Security. We need to provide for them in some way. My 73 year old neighbor's Social Security check is 78 dollars a month. Could you live on that? 3. Those who are poorly trained and need some kind of interim financial support while they gain training or employment. Again, this would be better in the form of vouchers for food, clothing, housing and training than just throwing cash at the problem. On 1/26/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll start by giving 3 examples of people that would have gotten, but > didn't receive, welfare, minimum wage, etc. Then you provide 3 > examples of people and explain why they're not capable of doing > exactly as my 3 did. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194920 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
