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biwagirl20a
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I have NO PROBLEM with AMERICAN CITIZENS getting help fomr Federal, State and local governments such as, Medical, Foodstamps, Welfare, Housing, Heating Bills ETC.
It is all these ILLEGAL INVADERS getting the same thing that pisses me off. They have NO RIGHT to receive ANY type of support fomr ANY Government in this country.
These benefits are FOR AMERICANs BY AMERICANS adn paid for by AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS! |
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Yahoo Answer Angel
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I don't have any problem with temporary assistance for situations like yours. When the problem lasts longer than a few months, and your only plan to take care of yourself is to keep applying for governmental handouts...that's when it looks like you've become addicted to the governmental teet.
Keep it brief, and even conservatives will support you...either via government or privately. |
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chase5764
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Unfortunately, people tend to generalize. For example. I live in a small town where pretty much everyone knows everyone. There is this couple perhaps in their mid 30's. They are on their fifth child, both are the size of a house and their 4 children act like little animals. These people are on public assistance. In this case, most people feel that these people are abusing the system that was built to assist people like you. What's worse, is that they will continue to have children just so they can stay on assistance and not have to take any financial responsibility for themselves. I wish you and your family the best of luck |
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3D Farms
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To many get them and don't need them . They scam the Government and the American taxpayers and that makes it hard for those that really need it . |
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Bush Blows
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short periods of time leeching off the govt is one thing. I guess everyone has tough times. But for a prolonged period of time? You cant blame anyone but yourself for that |
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B.Kevorkian
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That's not entirely fair. As a misanthrope, I would be mean and heartless to the well-fed or independently wealthy, too, given the opportunity.
Nobdy needs foodstamps - they might need food, but that food doesn't have to be stolen out of the taxpayer's wallet, and given out as slips of paper that are routinely sold for cash in the grey market and used for things other than food.
There are lots of people and organization who are perfectly happy (even eager) to give needed help, without coercion by the IRS.
Serioulsy, criticism of the program is not criticism of those in need. Criticism of those who abuse it, certainly.
And, well, the truth is, we all go through hard times, especially when we're young. There are a lot of tough lessons to be learned in life. You'll look back on this some day, and, if you've gained wisdom, be more thankful that you have a child, than regretful that you were short on money for a while. |
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Yoboking
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I have ask myself this same question, the answer? Because some people don't work at all, not becuase they can't, but becuase they don't want to, plain lazy. They are the ones that mess things up for everyone else. There are some people who are obviously going thruogh a hard time. Not everyone is heartless and mean. I care. |
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Thomasina Paine
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We have no problem with providing assistance for American citizens who need short term solutions. I have been through hard times, too but could never qualify for anything.
But the main reason so many people need help is lack of good paying jobs with benefits. And that is due to third world scabs driving down wages. |
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Gretl
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We are talking about illegal aliens here who take advantage of the system. But don't quit your job until you have found a new one. It is easier to get another job while you are still working. My sis-in-law and her family found themselves in a similar situation and she started a small daycare in her home. Now she is making quite good money. There are lots of ways to beef up your income, if even temporarily, until you get a job you want. |
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peanuthead
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People in general don't hesitate to help people in real need. It's when people abuse it that many get mad.
Hey....I'm a white girl....I needed help and was refused because of it. Had children and everything and I didn't get squat. Told point blank I didn't get it because I was white. I didn't even THINK of asking for aid until I was out of options. Later I learned all I needed to do was LIE and all would have been fine. I didn't do it. Maybe it was the way my parents raised me but you didn't ask for help until you did everything possible yourself. Unfortunately....others didn't have that lesson....first sign of problems cry for help. I didn't ask till all my options were done. Yet others in better shape than me got it because they lied. I don't judge people who NEED it. I hate people who take it and don't need it. Maybe it's when I was raised....but I know people could barely survive and now it's not the same. Now you own a home, live with a husband or wife, have a NEW car sitting in your drive and you're watching a brand new plasma TV and crying NEED. No...that's living beyond your means and you got caught. That's not NEED. That's wanting to maintain a style of living you have become accustomed to and expecting us to maintain it. Welfare isn't a substitute. It's a last ditch survival effort. |
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shay
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People say things like that about govt. assistance because they have never been in a position where they needed it. It's really sad too. me and my family were always stuck in the middle. made too much to qualify for assistance and not enough to keep our heads above water. but it will always be that way, as long as people don't have to experience it themselves they are against anyone getting assistance...
they always scream "why don't you get a job" and it's like gosh man i have 3. but at the same time there are people who do mooch off govt. assistance for years and years though. |
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DankRuse
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There is nothing wrong with using food stamps for a short period in your life. Everyone has hard times and those without great economic value may have to depend on food stamps to get by, for a while. I, on the other hand, am highly critical of people who spend their life on food stamps. These people feel that they cannot get anywhere without the government giving it to them. The sad part is that they are right. It becomes a self-fullfilling prophesy that they go nowhere because they believe they can go nowhere. And yes, I am judgemental, as every human being on the face of this planet is. |
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DAR
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that is why we pay for foodstamps and aid - for OUR people who have a short term hard time or a serious situation. It happens. However, we can't take on all of the billions of the world's poor. |
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PrivacyNowPlease!
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I understand completely and empathize totally. I supported my self and a child and a ill husband on State Disability for three years. And I was earning under $12 an hour at the time. I refinanced our home to pay off the credit card debt we accumulated then he passed away. No one has a right to judge anyone simply because they have needs. |
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Based on the fact you're posting this in immigration, I think you may have taken it out of context. People posting here would likely have no problem with temporary assitance to citizens or legal immigrants. But have trouble with assistance to illegals as well as long term assistance to anybody. Hope that makes sense. Also, many of us are upset that immigrants and other "special" people are given all kinds of help and native born Americans of certain ethnic backgrounds are denied even basic health care. Let alone food stamps or other aid. So it's relative. If you are saying Americans should be able to get temporary help without judgement, most would agree. If you're saying any poor person from anywhere should, we'd disagree. Americans should come first. And we aren't. |
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SilverPhoenix
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Both cognitive correction and 3D farms are absolutely correct in their replies.
Ah but Francesca: There's always room at the top. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kztY1fiXsI
Anyways i wouldn't judge somebody who might need them temporarily.(Hence the word "need"). Just don't make obtaining as many govt handouts a career decision. You and your husband keep your chins up and hang in there. ;) Congrats on the new one by the way. |
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girl: Adre`ana or boy: Juan Jr.
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i feel bad for your hard ship and i wish you the best. when we talk about...well i should say when i talk about people on welfare i am talking about people who make a career and abuse it. i know plenty of people that should get off the couch and look for a job but choose to do drugs until they are incompetent.
welfare was made for people struggling during a hard ship. not for people looking for a free ride. again i wish you the best. |
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Green is the new RED!
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The entire welfare system encourages abuses. A hand up is one thing a hand out is something altogether different. Any one can find themselves in a situation of need sometime. But there is a huge difference between those that get welfare for a short time and those that live on it who are perfectly capable of working. There should be a limit to how long a person can draw these types of benefits. I was once in a grocery store behind a woman who had not one but two shopping carts full of groceries and paid for them in food stamps. When I left the store to get in my car she was loading her groceries into a brand new Cadillac! Now, you tell me, if you can afford a Cadillac why are you on food stamps? Was she making "ends meet"? I raised a child by myself working making $5.75 an hour without welfare or child support and had a $25.00 a week grocery budget and I drove an old beat up car at the time. Was it fun? No, but if I can do it so can other people. |
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Quasi Moto
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The stereotypical view of a person who goes on that type of aid is that they feel they are owed the aid and that they deliberately pump out children to receive it. I'm sure you have heard of a welfare Cadillac. There are unfortunately people like that.
The aid systems are good things for those that truly need it. For the vast majority it should be a temporary condition. There are a few who are mentally / physically disabled that need it for life. If the people receiving it or more accurately the media depicted them as having appreciation for it, the public's attitude would change. |
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Adrian N
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As long as you are here legally, I doubt most people on this board would have a problem. Check out whatever posts you are referring to ... you'll likely find the posters were talking about illegal immigrants getting food stamps. |
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LoveJones
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People tend to begin losing compassion when so many abuse the system, They begin to look at everyone who receives government aid with suspicion. Honest, hardworking citizens who have fallen on hard times are made to feel ashamed as if their troubles are their own fault. I have seen families subsist on one sparse meal a day rather than apply for food stamps. On the other hand those who are scamming the government feel no shame at all. |
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Shanahan
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i have no idea, there is nothing wrong with it all, not everyone can be blessed with the intelligence that others have, that allows them to go get a Good paying job. Plenty of people work hard and when they hit a bad patch, is it so much to ask for that they get a little help after all the taxes they've paid? think its because you live in the USA tho... |
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Francesca Thomas
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The american dream is to make it big, and welfare handouts are looked down on with disgust.
American government refuses to legalise social medicine (like Canada) because that is NOT the american dream.
Democracy says everyone can make it big - but thats not the way it works. Some people can only make it big because they have the little people working (slaving) under them and supporting them.
Democracy is like a pyramid. Rich & upper class at the top, middle class in the middle and lower class at the bottom. |
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♥GinaBeena♥™
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Some people need to feel like theyre better than somebody. It comes from their own self worth. |
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