John Kane wrote:

>> I'm not against helping people in need! How many times do I have to say
>> that? I have a problem with deliberate freeloaders! There are those
>> that even feel that welfare recipients should be drug screened...
>
> What freeloaders? The press may talk about 'freeloaders' but I bet
> they're awfully hard to find on the ground.


I don't know that many people on welfare, but I can think of a few who
were definite abusers. I spoke before of a family I knew on welfare who
spent most of their time online. Every in the family had a their own
computer, all state of the art.The father sabotaged every job he
eventually got. One daughter got student welfare because he could not
live with her family, but spent most of her time at home with the family
she could not live with, and the older daughter set out to get pregnant
during her first year of college.

Then there is one of the kids who got caught breaking into my house. He
came from a welfare family, but at the age of 17 had his own car. Not to
mention one of his his burglary buddies, living on student welfare.

When I was working in commercial vehicle I came across a guy driving
under suspension. He was on his way to the local welfare office to pick
up his welfare cheque. He had a truck with NY plates and a NY driver
licence, and he is in Ontario to pick up his welfare cheque? I called
the welfare office to tell him that a NY resident was on his way in to
pick up a welfare cheque. They didn't want to know about it until I
asked if they preferred that I call the local newspaper.




> Perhaps you should call your local welfare office and ask?

See above.