On Sep 15, 7:24*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> 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.
So? I know a number of people who drive like maniacs, don't have auto
insurance, and probably are driving without a licence. Ergo we should
confiscate all cars in Ontario?
It is possible in almost any situation to find outliers but it's
tarring everyone with the same brush to claim that eveyone does it.
Come to think of it I have know one or two lazy Ont Gov't employees.
Does this mean that you were a layabout on the job?
John Kane Kingston ON Canada