you know -- I spent several years working on the wrong side of the tracks in Washington DC, which is an inner city if there ever was one, and I don't think I *ever* met anyone who got up in the morning and said "today, I will refuse to participate in the economy!"
;) No offense,but what I see here is a bunch of people pointing fingers at people they have not met. That said, I do think that welfare reform as implemented under Clinton was somewhat positive, if not totally thought-through. Most of what you guys are proposing as solutions -- a time limit for example -- already exists. Dana >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:5:194923 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
