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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Honey - I have seen it.
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Thank the stars for that, because anyone with a grasp on reality has to see it firsthand. That's why I told our favorite village idiot to go volunteer in a welfare office. It's one thing to blab about it in the comfort of your own home, but to actually go out and witness it is a different experience altogether, or to live it like some of us have. We used to live in some sluuuuuuuuuums when I was growing up, honey, and my mother was no Welfare Queen.
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Again, those kids in NOLA - the only reason their parents, who made about $600 or so a month after taxes had a roof over their heads was because the state helped them out and private charities, like the one I was involved with, had after school stuff that enabled them to have that second job. Also, many who made only a comparatively little more than that could lose that public assistance because they made too much money to qualify for the assistance. So, if you made, say $1,000 a month before tax, you would lose a $500 a month benefit, which placed you behind the person making only $600 a month. It greatly sickened me.
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A little piece of you
The little piece in me
Will die
For this is not America