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Originally Posted by Graeme S
I think those kinds of comments are so very frustrating for me for many reasons. There are a lot of people out there who say that they would work hard every day whether they were rich or poor no matter what because it's a question of self-esteem. “I have too much pride to just sit around and do nothing”.
But these same people are often the people who will turn around and say “Well I guess once we start supporting these bums they'll have even less reason to get up and get a job!” According to the Fraser Institute (ever a bastion of telling welfare to fuck off), as a single employable adult, I can collect a grand total of $7100 for the year! Link
HALLELUJAH, MY WORKING DAYS ARE DONE!
Fuck that. If I had to survive on seven grand for a year I'd be royally and massively screwed if I didn't have familial support. I mean, seven grand is what...rent? And then there's food. Transportation. So you tell me to get a job. Where in that seven grand am I supposed to be getting bus fare? Interview clothes? Food so I can actually have enough energy to work?
I hate leeches as much as the next guy. MORE than the next guy, actually because I am in support of welfare. And every time I say we need to make welfare better, or improve the benefits, people throw the moochers and leeches in my face. And I really really wish I could weed those fuckers out. Because supporting the people who NEED support is incredibly important. If we don't support them, they won't get back on their feet, and they'll end up being a burden for fucking forever. |
Bravo!
I haven't had a huge amount of experience with people on social assistance. The only real experience I have is with renting to them. And I don't. I weed them out.
I'll tell you why.
We have one success story. Single woman...had 2 kids. Nice girl. Kind of meek and quiet. She was friendly and nice. Apartment was clean. No drama. She was working hard to get ahead.
We have had: one couple that was scamming the system based on living together but the gov't thought they lived separate-kicked them out. One guy that would get checks from the gov't but still be late with rent. His girlfriend was buying drugs-kicked them out. One girl that was young...had a room of people tell me she was the one that was worth the shot, and all these family members would cover any damage or issue-trashed the place and I'm chasing them 9 months later to get the remaining $500. Another one that was behind on rent with 2 able bodied people sitting there complaining the gov't needs to help them out, and then got denied. Still working on packing them out. A power mother/daughter team wanting to rent a 2 bedroom in my pimpy nice building-didn't even consider it. There was more that I just can...wait! the alcoholic 23 year old...collecting welfare. Booted her. Oh! another of what we call "Desiree's Angels"(the social worker that gave me these two youths)...she had her boyfriend living there and smoked pot all the time. Also never met Mr.Clean.
I love that success story. I do. I had one. Every other person that we've dealt with on assistance wants the world-for free!, lives like shit, surrounds themselves with drama, is disrespectful and all around a giant, fucking pain in my ass.
So I say that its an important system to have, and I get that cutting the welfare rolls are hard to do, because they make for good sob stories on the news...but I support it with gritted teeth.