On Mon 15 Sep 2008 06:21:32p, Saerah Gray told us...

> Wayne Boatwright > fnord
> 5.247:
>
>> 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, I have a hard time believing that people picking up their welfare
> checks in Cadillacs was a "common" sight. I mean, I've seen the video
> with Ol' Dirty *******, but I imagine that that is the exception, rather
> than the rule.
>

You didn't live in Cleveland in the 1960s.

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Wayne Boatwright

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