Do you have statistics to back that claim up, Tim? Maybe it is a bit naive on my part, but I can;t believe that everyone games the system. I have known people on welfare where it really helped the families. My problem are the families who are 2nd, 3rd, etc generations on welfare. That is where the system fails, in my opinion.
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:24 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its quite honestly systemic. But so are most of our problems. The mercy > party of the cycle will be out right tyranny. > > After we burn it it'll be better > > For a while > On Jun 9, 2013 10:22 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 24% of the people surveyed think welfare is the biggest contributor to > > poverty. > > > > That means 76% of the people surveyed did NOT think welfare was the > biggest > > contributor. > > > > So, while 'many' Americans think welfare is the biggest contributor to > > poverty, many more don't. > > > > It is fun to play with numbers...isn't it? > > > > For the record, I am not a fan of the current system. I think it needs to > > be overhauled. However, getting rid of the program that helps people > > because a few abuse it is not the correct course of action, in my > opinion. > > > > I have never been on welfare, but in my years in EMS cared for quite a > > few...mostly in urban areas. I have seen abuses of the system, I am sure > we > > all have, but I cannot help but think that is anecdotal at best. > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > "Jerry, do you know anyone on Welfare? Any family members...friends? > > > Veterans?" > > > > > > What did your diatribe have to do with survey results from NBC? Seems > > > like a lot of arbitrary ideas thrown together and then flung with hopes > > of > > > something sticking. > > > > > > > > > > > > As an aside, I grew up dirt poor. I knew plenty of people on welfare. > > My > > > family did not partake of the government fount though. > > > > > > > > > J > > > > > > - > > > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > > reputation. > > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, > > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
