Wayne Boatwright > fnord
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> On Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:24:33p, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I can remember a time, many years ago in Cleveland, where it was
> common to see many welfare recipients pulling up to the welfare
> offices in their new Cadillacs to pick up their checks.
>
> I know things aren't quite like that now, but it's an image one
> doesn't forget.
>

Wayne, I have a hard time believing that people picking up their welfare
checks in Cadillacs was a "common" sight. I mean, I've seen the video
with Ol' Dirty *******, but I imagine that that is the exception, rather
than the rule.

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