The "poor person too lazy to work" is mostly a myth perpetuated by politicians who scapegoated the "welfare moms" to cover their own incompetency.
There are people in the system for several generations who have the mentality of entitlement because that is all they have ever known, but given a true opportunity to work most will. There are, of course, other factors, such as drugs and lack of education, but those people are a very small percentage of the people who receive public assistance. I married young, and my husband came back from Vietnam addicted to drugs. He eventually disappeared, leaving me with two small children to raise. I had a choice - go on welfare, or go to college. I chose college, and managed to raise my children with no welfare help. For years, I resented those women who went on welfare, and were "living on my tax dollars". But then I decided to research the real data behind that stereotype. It was quite an eye-opening experience. It still bugs me when I see a woman on the news wailing because she's homeless with four kids. I want to yell "birth control", but in truth, her appearance is more about the media exploiting the stereotype than her being representative of reality. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not shitting all over poor people. I am shitting all over poor people > who do not want to lift a finger to help themselves out of poverty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
