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 Boatwright

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