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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] (In case you missed the joke, a 3000-calorie diet is about 1000 calories per day more than is considered healthy.. and we're a nation of fatties) Where are these people who were 'puked out of the system for no fault of their own?' In all my years working with the public so far I can't recall meeting a single one. I've met the physically disabled, who weren't being supported enough by their government-run HMO's... not because the govt. wouldn't give them enough money, but because the govt rules said that if you work at all, you lose all your support! I've met the mentally disabled, but we've already discounted them, they're more victims of bad health care (more HMO's) than of poverty. Members of the above, groups, it's not their fault. They should be treated and assisted, and (in the case of the mentally disabled) required to take their pills. Absolutely. Give them all they need, and ADD TO IT if they find a job they can do. Change the regulations that hamstring people who work part-time. I've met the drug-addled. That's their fault. I've met the fiscally irresponsible. That's their fault, too. You're not going to win the lottery, and you don't really need mag wheels and a DVD player if your kids' clothes have holes. I've met the personally irresponsible. The folks who frittered away their time in school going to parties and keggers and concerts and crap, or who majored in elementary basketweaving. Or they shacked up right out of high school. Or they started making babies before they started making money. Their fault. I've met the cheaters. They buy skoal and whiskey (and lots more useless junk) with food stamps. Sometimes they use several names, and they constantly move from destroyed place to about-to-be-destroyed place. I've met the nothings. They do nothing but hang out all day reading conspiracy books and trying to sneak a peek at porn on the internet. Then they cash their monthly check and go home and vegetate. They aren't interested in work. It cramps their style. We should care for the children of these mistakes, if they were also irresponsible enough to have any, but we shouldn't pay these people to keep making mistakes, OR children. Give any existing kids a better environment with some childless couple. Streamline adoption. (How do we stop them from churning out more? I dunno. Maybe those folks in California were right, and we should make Norplant a condition to receive your check. Is there Norplant for men yet?) I live in one of the most economically depressed areas in the country, and I've never met a person who was out of a job, wanted a job, tried to get a job, was a responsible person, was capable of working, and still couldn't get a job. I've met the 'laid off.' The vast majority didn't stay unemployed for long. But the laid-off already get support. I've never, ever known anyone who was out-of-work (and not on leave or sebatical) for the entire duration of the 2 years that a person is eligible for welfare. So I need an example of a few of these 'pukes,' please. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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