On Tue 16 Sep 2008 07:22:13a, John Kane told us...

> On Sep 15, 8:41*pm, Wayne Boatwright >
> wrote:
>> 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
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> ay
>> >>> that? *I have a problem with deliberate freeloaders! *There are t
> hose
>> >>> 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
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>> > 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
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> o
>> > 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
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>> see many welfare recipients pulling up to the welfare offices in their
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>> Cadillacs to pick up their checks.
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> You have pictures? I really find this hard, well damn near impossible
> to believe.

No, John, I don't. It was over 40 years ago and I wasn't interested in
taking pictures of it. I don't know how old you are, but I do know that
things were very different in Cleveland in those days.

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



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Wayne Boatwright

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