On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:44:49 -0400, kilikini wrote:

> cybercat wrote:
>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Another thing that sounds good in theory. You will probably find
>>>> that most people that end up strung out on drugs got into them
>>>> because they already had too much spare time on their hands. Most
>>>> people who are gainfully employed and have other activities on the
>>>> side don't have time for getting wasted.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dave, I'm not trying to isolate your post from the rest of some of
>>> what is disgusting me, but I couldn't stay silent anymore. We are
>>> the fortunate ones. We may not be rich, but we don't have to steal
>>> or sell drugs or resort to crime to survive. Maybe some of us did
>>> at one time but have pulled out of it now. Maybe that's why we're
>>> angry at those still taking. I prefer to think of it as a loan. No,
>>> they might not pay it back. The ones who abuse the system are the
>>> ones you think of when the word "welfare" comes up. Not everyone is
>>> abusing it. Some are stuck in unfortunate circumstances beyond
>>> their control. Some can't get health care through a legitimate job
>>> and have kids to think of. Ugh... I'm done. I just got sad reading some
>>> of the posts in this
>>> thread where most of you posting think people who are poor are that
>>> way by choice. And that we're not supposed to help them. We ARE
>>> supposed to help them. " ... there but for the grace of God go I
>>> ..."
>>
>> There you go. The response of a human being. Way to go!
>
> I'm reading all this and I'm feeling a little sad and ashamed at what some
> folks are saying because I'm on disability. I don't get much a month, but
> if I don't receive my monthly disability allowance, I don't get Medicaid -
> that's the rule. I can tell Social Security that I don't want their money,
> but if I don't take it I can't receive Medicaid. It's kind of silly.
>
> Medicaid is *state*-funded free health care, not *federally*- funded free
> health care. It takes a lot of phone calls, paperwork, leg work and time to
> finally qualify for it. You've got to get all your doctor records together,
> take a psychiatric evaluation, get all your financial statements in order,
> taxes, gosh. It was a full-time job to become eligible. I guess they make
> it that difficult to weed out the lazy folks and the ones who are out to
> abuse the system.
>

really, being poor is a lot of work. it's not surprising these folks don't
have time to hold down a job.

your pal,
blake