whatever... I just thought I would inject some facts into a religious discussion.
Don't mind me -- I am just passing through. And before someone tells me that yeah well, that's New Mexico, both of those programs are federal ::shrug:: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Bill Wheatley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I never said or insuinuated people do it for fun so please don't do that. > I think a lot of the reason that people who are on welfare and don't work do > it because of bad choices. And they probably don't know how to make a good > choice. > They didn't have parents or mentors who guided them and taught them how to > make a good choice. A few years ago I joined up with a program called > neighbors helping neighbors in south Florida to help people for the > holidays. > So we decided not to buy anything for each other for christmas and spend it > all on their family on their thanksgiving and Christmas present for the > ladies 6-7 kids. It was heart breaking to see they way they lived so what > did we do? We did everything we could to help the girl get a job. My > girlfriend at the time took a lot longer to get fed up with it then i did. > Excuse after excuse why she couldn't work this or that. We would help them > with every excuse yet another one would pop up. And i really think deep down > the girl wanted to work but she just didn't know how to make a good choice. > That's happened all but one of the times i've tried to help someone out. And > the reason i help someone out is because its part of the golden rule and > people have helped me out in my life. > > Now I'm not saying that i think welfare is bad because for a strech when i > was younger we were close to being on it. And for awhile the ex-wife and i > were on food stamps becuase she got sick and i had to handle everything. > After a couple months we were able to not need it anymore. But for the > people who say things like oh i can't get a job because i'll lose my welfare > it just is frustrating. And yes the welfare system is messed up and it > should be tweaked so that if you are really on the edge of falling into big > trouble you should get some help. But eventually we all have to have > responsiblity for ourselves. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> hehe. $250 a week. No wonder you think people do it for fun ;) >> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Bill Wheatley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Yea rob from the rich and give to the poor crap. Should be rob from the >> > people who work to better there lives and give to the people who don't >> want >> > to work and feel like they shouldn't have a job because they'd rather get >> > $250/wk on welfare. >> > >> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Bill Wheatley <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > fairtax.org dawg :) Sign up lets get this whole income tax bullcrap >> >> replaced >> >> > with something that feels less like highway robbery. >> >> >> >> People don't want FairTax, they want RobinHoodTax. >> >> >> >> *I* want FairTax though... >> >> >> >> -Cameron >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:292997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
