On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:24:33 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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...
>>
>> 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.
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Wow...you have as many run-ins with welfare cheats as Janet does with
dancing Arabs.

You guys need to write a book.

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>See above.

Yeah...it's good advice. Take it.

Boron