On Sep 7, 11:38*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:31:48 -0700, Meghan Noecker
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> >On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:28:14 -0400, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
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> >>On 9/2/2011 4:10 AM, Meghan Noecker wrote:
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> >>> The welfare system actually holds people down even though it is
> >>> intended to be a helping hand. I wish it were more of a hand up
> >>> instead of a hand out. Help people with eductaion, job training,
> >>> cooking classes, finance classes, etc, And have limits so that people
> >>> know they really must get off the system. And once they were free of
> >>> the system, they could really be proud of themselves.
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> >>They imposed time limits on welfare eligibility in the 90s in NJ.
> >>You have a 5 year lifetime cap. *When it was put into effect, there
> >>were job training programs to help people get back into the work
> >>force, which is ongoing.
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> >There are supposed to be limits here too, but there must be things
> >that reset the time. I see a lot of people who have been on it for 10
> >plus years. Doesn't seem like there is a limit.
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> There are endless extentions, same with unemployment insurance. *There
> is no reason to look for a job when the government keeps rewarding
> folks who refuse to work. *So what if one can't find a job in their
> last field, they gotta be be flexible. *I happen to know a 45 year old
> who worked most of his life for Allstate and was laid off... now he's
> in business for himelf, he washes windows and cleans gutters, he more
> than doubled his pay and is happier not having a boss. *I just
> recently paid someone to clean my gutters, cost me $75, took the
> fellow no more than 30 minutes. *He said he has more work than he can
> handle... he makes and installs seamless gutters, cleaning gutters
> became more profitable and is much more in demand so became most of
> his business. *Lots of people don't like to climb anymore, can't, or
> never did. *I used to clean my gutters but two years ago I no longer
> wanted to risk it anymore, legs are getting too old, I never liked
> heights anyway... $75 is nothing compared with a fall off a 12'
> ladder. *"The Tinman" arrives within a week after I phone him... he's
> so busy he arrives when he can, no appointments, doesn't matter to him
> if people are home or not... he mails a bill rather than taking the
> time during the work day to write it up. *There's plenty of work out
> there, people who claim they can't find a job are simply not willing
> to work. *And one needs no college degree to clean gutters, wash
> windows, paint houses, detail cars, and a hundred other things folks
> are very willing to pay to have done.

You really are totally unbelievable.