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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 459281" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Yes Janet, I do know about the different definitions of families living in the household and how complicated it can get and how everyone is scrutinized every six months or whatever the renewal time periods are per state. I do understand that and, again, I reiterate that I wouldn't want a child to be deprived because of a foul parent...i just think there have to be ways to cut fraud while providing for those in need. I know, I know, easier said than done.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">In regards to the relying on welfare generationally, this is a social issue, not only a fiscal issue. For decades, different administrations have sought to re-educate families who have been on welfare for generations. Many of these recipients have successfully learned the ins and outs of the guidelines and learned how to trick or dupe their caseworkers (by watching their parents do so) so they do not have to adhere to said guidelines. They refuse to be educated, they refuse to take the minimum wage jobs, or, they work off the books or illegally while collecting. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">I am not referring to the truly needy who live in depressed areas of our country where large corporations have ripped out 100's of years of various industries to market them on foreign lands and then leave the townspeople destitute. I'm talking about the able bodied, the capable. If they are smart enough to work and scam the system, then they are smart enough to get a job, pay taxes and their own bills like everyone else. There are programs in place that are graduated, where if you are working but only making a certain amount, you may be eligible for, say, daycare or public transportation, or medicaid, rather than everything. The things is, I go into Hartford and see welfare recipients parking at the public assistance offices in Mercedes and BMW's, wearing more gold than I will ever own in my life, talking on blackberries, and making plans for drinks with their friends who are waiting in line. THESE are the people I'm referring to. They are LITERALLY stealing money from those who NEED it. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">When our social welfare system was set up, it was meant to be a stepping stone while our country worked hard to get back on it's feet. Instead it has turned into what some people believe is their 'right', an entitlement. And that's just not so. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Again, I hate to say it again because it's beginning to sound cliche, but I am not referring to the truly needy and I am a firm supporter of social programs that assist the poor and elderly. Okay, off the soapbox.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 459281, member: 2211"] [SIZE=2][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/SIZE][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=2] Yes Janet, I do know about the different definitions of families living in the household and how complicated it can get and how everyone is scrutinized every six months or whatever the renewal time periods are per state. I do understand that and, again, I reiterate that I wouldn't want a child to be deprived because of a foul parent...i just think there have to be ways to cut fraud while providing for those in need. I know, I know, easier said than done. In regards to the relying on welfare generationally, this is a social issue, not only a fiscal issue. For decades, different administrations have sought to re-educate families who have been on welfare for generations. Many of these recipients have successfully learned the ins and outs of the guidelines and learned how to trick or dupe their caseworkers (by watching their parents do so) so they do not have to adhere to said guidelines. They refuse to be educated, they refuse to take the minimum wage jobs, or, they work off the books or illegally while collecting. I am not referring to the truly needy who live in depressed areas of our country where large corporations have ripped out 100's of years of various industries to market them on foreign lands and then leave the townspeople destitute. I'm talking about the able bodied, the capable. If they are smart enough to work and scam the system, then they are smart enough to get a job, pay taxes and their own bills like everyone else. There are programs in place that are graduated, where if you are working but only making a certain amount, you may be eligible for, say, daycare or public transportation, or medicaid, rather than everything. The things is, I go into Hartford and see welfare recipients parking at the public assistance offices in Mercedes and BMW's, wearing more gold than I will ever own in my life, talking on blackberries, and making plans for drinks with their friends who are waiting in line. THESE are the people I'm referring to. They are LITERALLY stealing money from those who NEED it. When our social welfare system was set up, it was meant to be a stepping stone while our country worked hard to get back on it's feet. Instead it has turned into what some people believe is their 'right', an entitlement. And that's just not so. Again, I hate to say it again because it's beginning to sound cliche, but I am not referring to the truly needy and I am a firm supporter of social programs that assist the poor and elderly. Okay, off the soapbox.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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