On 2018-11-23 3:34 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-11-23 4:09 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-11-23 1:57 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>
>>> There's cuts that one would like to see and then there's cuts that
>>> are easy and therefore likely i.e., in Social Security benefits, and
>>> Medicare benefits.
>>>
>> Hmmm! Must be nice to be wealthy enough not to have to worry about
>> health insurance or from where the next meal or shelter is coming from.
>
> No matter what safety nets we have there will always be people abusing
> them and people still falling through them. I was listening to a program
> on CBC this morning about the cuts that are coming to social programs.
> The guy was upset because he prefers to do volunteer work with charities
> than with companies.Â* It's nice of him to do volunteer work. By its very
> nature, being volunteer, it does not pay. It is not a substitute for a
> paying job. It is something you do in addition to your job.

There will always be a small percentage of people ripping off the
welfare system just as there will always be a percentage of wealthy
people ripping off the tax system.