The sad fact is...more and more americans are beginning to think this way....because they are realizing how much it costs just to survive now that they are outta work for a year or two.....and then their priorties start to shift from being wasteful to being mindful...and from not worrying about the living conditions of the poor to living in those conditions and not liking it one bit.Randy_W said:This is what our entitlement culture is creating! At around 4.10 I discovered the little known fact that there was free electricity in ancient Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUj-m6Gq_2Y&feature=player_embedded
bill said:The sad fact is...more and more americans are beginning to think this way....because they are realizing how much it costs just to survive now that they are outta work for a year or two.....and then their priorties start to shift from being wasteful to being mindful...and from not worrying about the living conditions of the poor to living in those conditions and not liking it one bit.Randy_W said:This is what our entitlement culture is creating! At around 4.10 I discovered the little known fact that there was free electricity in ancient Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUj-m6Gq_2Y&feature=player_embedded
Thanks for sharing Randy.
yeap... every story has a spin....and every OT post has a hidden agenda...cdg1984 said:bill said:The sad fact is...more and more americans are beginning to think this way....because they are realizing how much it costs just to survive now that they are outta work for a year or two.....and then their priorties start to shift from being wasteful to being mindful...and from not worrying about the living conditions of the poor to living in those conditions and not liking it one bit.Randy_W said:This is what our entitlement culture is creating! At around 4.10 I discovered the little known fact that there was free electricity in ancient Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUj-m6Gq_2Y&feature=player_embedded
Thanks for sharing Randy.
You still find some way to spin it...too much
I can understand you position on this Randy, and I feel that welfare is not the correct way either. I would prefer people have opportunity to work a decent job that pays them enough to live off, but they dont. But complaining about this system and those that use it, as messed up as it is, doesnt fix the problem. Would you trade places with somebody living on welfare in the poorest sections of town? If you did, you find out pretty quickly what a miserable existance it is. The energy you produce in hatred for these "freeloaders" should be directed at the government who created it. So, what is the solution? The answer should be your agenda, not making fun of people who are down on their luck and trapped in a system that doesnt work. If the government spent as much money today as it did back in the fifties on building bridges, schools, etc people who need good jobs would have access. But, all that money is going to feed these people and pay their power bill and dont forget the waste of money in the DOD. Its all about sacrifice....you want the military security, then its gonna cost us jobs and progress at home....you want welfare rolls cut back, then its gonna cost us investments in schools and training people.Randy_W said:
Cutting food stamps will cause people to starve....and then they will steal to feed themselves. Crime will go up, jails and prisons will be over crowded. SSI is a joke. Most of those receiving it today paid a fraction of what they will take from it. Its basically welfare for the elderly...no bones about it. My grandmother worked about 6 yrs of her whole life and she has recieved SSI for almost 40 yrs! 350.00 a month for 40yrs is $160,000.00, and, fortunately, shes never needed a dime of it. Im paying SSI taxes and will probably never see a dime by the time I retire in 20yrs. So, you want to starve poor people so that rich old people wont lose their SSI?Randy_W said:
