"Thieves" and Abuse

[LatteLibertine]

I am sure there are people out there that abuse public assistance programs. Could they be improved? Yes and I am more concerned about cutting people out that may actually need it. If forced to choose, I'd accept abuse over possibly keeping people out of the programs that need them. For the record, this is coming from a person that has never been on any form of public assistance.

I do essentially believe in "workfare" for healthy relatively young people.

On a side note, it always amuses me how some people crow about the wealthy having to pay taxes and the poor getting theirs back. Personally, I'd rather be wealthy and pay taxes than be poor, barely living check to check, and getting mine back. Also as Dub-yah said, "Real rich people don't pay taxes, they dodge them."

Republicans often cry about poor people getting 800usd a month or less but have no problem with Wall Street stealing their tax dollars to the tune of billions. Same people have no problem with crony capitalism and corporatism ruling their "free market". These same Republicans often worship those that lay folks off because they "can't afford them" so they can pay 15% increases to higher management. Ie, their "Gods" are firing them. It's ridiculous. If you want to stop waste, and abuse start with folks stealing billions and work your way down to folks scamming around 9,600 dollars annually. For the record, I don't like scam artists and thieves regardless of economic status.

[conscious evolution]

1. Want to stop abuse and fraud?

Then give every man woman and child food stamps and welfare.Even the rich.

[Laelth]

2. The rich abuse the system far more than the poor.

Let's tackle that problem first.

:dem:

-Laelth