My Stimulus Splurge...Tomatoes
Gary wrote:
> On 4/11/2021 3:05 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 4/11/2021 2:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2021-04-11 2:10 p.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> > > > On 11/04/2021 16:19, Graham wrote:
> > > > > On 2021-04-11 6:17 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:02:42 -0700, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > It's going to be a very busy spring and summer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > They send money to everyone, & not just those who need it?
> > > > > > That sounds a
> > > > > > lot like communism to me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Then I suggest that you read up on the subject.
> > > >
> > > > 'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his
> > > > needs'. I'm sure I remember reading something like that...
> > >
> > > That was Marx. I can go along with that to some degree. I believe
> > > that there is a need for rewards for performance. I have issues
> > > with abuse of the system. I understand that he need to have a
> > > welfare system to take care of those who are in need of
> > > assistance. I don't think that it should be permanent situation
> > > for the able bodied. If there is work and they won't do it they
> > > don't deserve help. They are just plain lazy and other people
> > > should not have to work to pay for their support.
> > >
> > Then you get into the whole can of worms where the cycle never ends.
> > People living on government assistance continue to have babies but
> > never work. Those children get to be teens who get pregnant or
> > impregnate and round and round it goes. That's abuse.
> >
> > I received "food stamps" for a brief time after losing a job decades
> > ago. One of the conditions was I had to keep applying for work and
> > I couldn't turn down work if it was something I was physically
> > capable of doing.
> >
> > About that time there was a regular poster here who tried to talk me
> > into applying for Social Security Disability Income benefits. She
> > said it was dead easy to game the system. Just claim I have a
> > physical condition that can't easily be detected, like a soft
> > tissue neck or back injury, and I'd be home free. Uh, no. (Some
> > of the long-term RFC'rs might be able to glean who suggested I do
> > that.)
>
> Sadly, where ever there is free anything, many people do take
> advantage of it. I've known a few people that get SS Disability
> payments and they are faking it.
>
> They ask for a job but then say they need to get paid in cash (off
> the record) so they don't lose their disability checks.
>
> This discussion always brings me back to Carol here. She's retired
> military, also gets disability checks each month yet she has a new
> job that pays her over $100K per year. I see something very wrong
> about that.
>
> Don't blame her for it...I blame the system that somehow allows that.
> That's not what it was set up for.
Sadly, I had to buy myself a wheelchair recently. Sometimes I have to
travel a distance and can no longer do that. Fortunately I was able to
find an office job and will only need it sometimes currently. That per
the spine doctor, will shift slowly over the years.
I will have to spring for a walk-in tub before too much longer. These
things are expensive and are all out of pocket and not tax deductable.
I wish you contunued good health, Gary. You don't know what a blessing
it is until it's gone.
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