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So if you are SO wealthy and you are SO successful and you REALLY think that you are a good person WHY are you online seeking validation from a group of strangers?
What were you hoping people would say?
I'm not looking for validation. I'm looking for a discussion so don't project why you go online on to me.
A heavy smoker, Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer in 1974. Although she had long opposed government assistance programs, she eventually accepted Social Security and Medicare payments for herself, under the assumed name of "Ann O'Connor", and her husband as well.[87] A July 1998 interview with Ewa Joan Pryor, a New York state social worker, conducted in 1998 by the Ayn Rand Institute, revealed that Pryor assisted the two with filing claims for government assistance
I don't know where you get your numbers but many state unemployement checks are quite a bit more than that. for instance, in New Jersey I believe the weekly unemployment dol out is $575.00 a month.
In Florida the max is $275 a week.
$575 is less than $15 a hour, assuming you're working 40 hours a week. I'm sure the people that get the max in Jersey were probably making considerably more than $15 hourly.
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Originally Posted by 3ntr0py
I'm not looking for validation. I'm looking for a discussion so don't project why you go online on to me.
A discussion about what? Your actions toward homeless people? They're immature and cruel and it makes me think that you have some personal issues if you actually go out of the way to make someone else feel bad about themselves.
So helping homeless degenerate drug addicts and alcoholics is "contributing" to society?
How about not assuming they are "degenerate drug addicts and alcoholics", to begin with. There are as many reasons people become homeless as there are homeless people. Why not visit your nearest shelter and ask a few of them why they are there? You might be surprised at some of the answers.
It doesn't matter how they "feel". It's what they do. And most people don't do anything for society except pay taxes.
BTW you idiots that post in different fonts and colors in any forum are just a nuisance to others because of the lack of readability.
Personal attacks?
Nice.......real nice.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that you've painted yourself into a corner, from which there is no escape.
A heavy smoker, Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer in 1974. Although she had long opposed government assistance programs, she eventually accepted Social Security and Medicare payments for herself, under the assumed name of "Ann O'Connor", and her husband as well.[87] A July 1998 interview with Ewa Joan Pryor, a New York state social worker, conducted in 1998 by the Ayn Rand Institute, revealed that Pryor assisted the two with filing claims for government assistance
I am not trying to play the devil's advocate here but really. Who doesn't accept social security?
People are forced to pay in to it so of course they will collect when the time comes.
She payed her taxes.
I don't know where you get your numbers but many state unemployement checks are quite a bit more than that. for instance, in New Jersey I believe the weekly unemployment dol out is $575.00 a month.
When I lived in Florida, I had a landscaper friend who was always looking for help. Whenever I saw a bum, I'd give him my friend's business card and 50 cents to call him, but he didn't get too many phone calls from these guys.
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