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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 664207" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>While I agree with this, I have no idea how we, who didn't test those people for benefits, can judge if they should or should not receive benefits. It's not that easy to get SSDI, for example. I am against giving them to drug addicts and calling it a disability. A disability to me is something you can't help and did not cause."</p><p></p><p>Still...aside from unions and benefits, just working in the U.S. is harder than in other countries because there is no power to the worker and often very little sick pay or paid vacation. And you are always under the threat of being replaced. The company does not have to answer to anybody.</p><p></p><p>Now the types of lives our Difficult Child live is certainly not going to help them and when drugs are involved they've lost me. My support is gone. But I do understand the hardships today's youth face and understand why some decide to live alternative lives and if they can do it, good for them as long as they can do it without stealing or a certain problem I have...begging.</p><p></p><p>I am more a rebel in my mind than an actual rebel. I never did the hippie thing. I never drank or even did more than try pot, mostly so that people who said, " Don't knock it till ya tried it" could be told that I did try it and it socks. Which I had no trouble saying. And I stayed on the right side of the law.</p><p></p><p>But in my mind, I really wish things were different here and I do understand disenfranchised young people, like our generation was (although I did not join the protesting). The bottom line with me was I wanted to be a good citizen and not break the law and be able to tell my kids truthfully that I never got into any serious trouble. Those future kids of mine were on my mind even when I was a teenager.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I knew that, since my family was Chaos, I would need to build my own family and that they didn't need a mother who was a rebel and had to lie to them about certain things I did in my life. I do not lie to my kids.They do know I tried pot about eight times. Other than that, there is nothing to hide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 664207, member: 1550"] While I agree with this, I have no idea how we, who didn't test those people for benefits, can judge if they should or should not receive benefits. It's not that easy to get SSDI, for example. I am against giving them to drug addicts and calling it a disability. A disability to me is something you can't help and did not cause." Still...aside from unions and benefits, just working in the U.S. is harder than in other countries because there is no power to the worker and often very little sick pay or paid vacation. And you are always under the threat of being replaced. The company does not have to answer to anybody. Now the types of lives our Difficult Child live is certainly not going to help them and when drugs are involved they've lost me. My support is gone. But I do understand the hardships today's youth face and understand why some decide to live alternative lives and if they can do it, good for them as long as they can do it without stealing or a certain problem I have...begging. I am more a rebel in my mind than an actual rebel. I never did the hippie thing. I never drank or even did more than try pot, mostly so that people who said, " Don't knock it till ya tried it" could be told that I did try it and it socks. Which I had no trouble saying. And I stayed on the right side of the law. But in my mind, I really wish things were different here and I do understand disenfranchised young people, like our generation was (although I did not join the protesting). The bottom line with me was I wanted to be a good citizen and not break the law and be able to tell my kids truthfully that I never got into any serious trouble. Those future kids of mine were on my mind even when I was a teenager. Maybe I knew that, since my family was Chaos, I would need to build my own family and that they didn't need a mother who was a rebel and had to lie to them about certain things I did in my life. I do not lie to my kids.They do know I tried pot about eight times. Other than that, there is nothing to hide. [/QUOTE]
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