This is provably bullshit. Look at the HUGE numbers of people in this country who make the economic decision to do nothing and go on welfare vs. going to work. Examine carefully the economic performance of the US vs the I don't know how much people get on welfare in your country but I suspect that it is even less than in this country (Canada). Anyone who
On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Clay Olbon II wrote: truly believes that people make the `economic decision to do nothing and go on welfare vs. going to work' has, in my opinion, no &^%* idea what
If you think that most people on welfare live _purely_ off welfare then you are smokin stupid weed.
they are talking about. Just try to *live* on a welfare wage for a few months to see how silly this thought is. While there may well be a few `welfare-moms' (which is not necessarily a bad thing, taking care of children is an investment for society), the vast majority of people on
I would like to formally invite you to come live in my neighborhood for a couple weeks and see how these "welfare" moms are "taking care of their children". welfare (at least here) would *much* rather get a decent job and work
for their money. There are, perhaps, a few people who would rather not work for minimum wage (who find it impossible to feed their family on that) but I suspect that those folks are few and far between.
You are living in a dream world. In most major cities there are NO full time minimum wage jobs left, other than waiting tables (which pays minimum + tips) Macdonalds starts people at 6 to 6.50 an hour.
More bullshit. You don't know what anyones motives are. To ascribe your motivations to Bill Gates is unrealistic. But you claim to know the motives of those on welfare: pot->kettle->black Just to be clear, I don't really agree with the original points being made, but your views seem just as far off as the ones you are opposing, perhaps further.
Speaking of Pot Kettle Black. In the Chicago paper last sunday there were over 30 pages of Help Wanted ads. There is a lot of work out there, and there are a lot of agencies who will help you find work, and train for work. There is no reason why anyone needs welfare. Stupid and lazy is not a reason. Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com