On Sep 15, 8:41*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
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> On Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:24:33p, Dave Smith told us...
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> > John Kane wrote:
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> >>> 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...
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> >> What freeloaders? *The press may talk about 'freeloaders' but I bet
> >> they're awfully hard to find on the ground.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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?
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> > See above.
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> 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.

You have pictures? I really find this hard, well damn near impossible
to believe.

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> I know things aren't quite like that now, but it's an image one doesn't
> forget.
John Kane Kingston ON Canada