Wayne Boatwright > fnord
5.247:

> On Mon 15 Sep 2008 06:21:32p, Saerah Gray told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright > fnord
>> 5.247:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
> You didn't live in Cleveland in the 1960s.
>

True. I didn't live *anywhere* in the 60's

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