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While unemployment is high, and low and middle class folks are on the ropes, CEO pay and corporate profits are at historical highs, Wall Street is booming. That happens when businesses find themselves in an environment where they can hire over-qualified workers for lower-then-standard pay and work them more hours (how many salaried workers do you know who work 40 hour weeks? I averaged over 50).
It is 1 of the reasons I left my corporate job to start my own business almost 3 years ago.
Now, that doesn't mean there aren't lazy folks out their content with their unemployment benefits and happy to milk the system. That is certainly happening. But there are a lot of very qualified, eager, hard working folks out there who can't find jobs or are underemployed.
The answer is yes. Hunger makes people change their behavior. Humans have a very strong survival instinct. We should end ALL government welfare.
In the same light though that could lead to serious social implications. A lot of the poor are armed in this country and you better expect full blown riots and mass looting if your going to cut off the food supply.
What exactly is the purpose of a drug test? The person who smoked dope the night before is just as competent as the person who got drunk. Job performance should be the bottom line,not what the employee does on his/her own time.
Agreed. I smoke marijuana and so do over half of my employees. They're all great workers.
My problem with some charities,esp religious based ones,is that they want you to pray with them.
One church I went to get food from long ago(11 years ago) wanted us to sit for church services.
THAT is wrong. What if I was a different religion,and couldn't sit for the service?
Just go to the non-denominational charities, foodbanks etc. It's largely staffed by the same religious people, they just aren't allowed to prosletyze and it's typically in a neutral setting.
I hear what you are saying but from what I've seen it's more the exception than the norm.
My problem with some charities,esp religious based ones,is that they want you to pray with them.
One church I went to get food from long ago(11 years ago) wanted us to sit for church services.
THAT is wrong. What if I was a different religion,and couldn't sit for the service?
Operative word here: wanted. Did they force you to attend a service, perhaps endure hearing something you didn't want to hear?
understand that churches are all about charity, that is a big part of their mission.
as to going to a mosque to get food handouts, unless you are invited in(assuming you are not muslim) by the cleric running the mosque, you are violating the sanctity of the mosque and thus are violating islamic law. while churches and synagogs are generally open to the public, mosques are not.
This is 100% untrue. Anyone can enter a Mosque, however, you have to observe Islamic practices (i.e. take off your shoes, and women must cover their heads). Typically, most large Mosques have head scarves in the entry area, for women who do not normally cover their heads.
Also, when in a Mosque, one must be willing to observe the separate prayer spaces for men and women.
Clerics do not run Mosques. Mosques are typically run by the people who use the Mosque for prayer services, just as Churches...
My problem with some charities,esp religious based ones,is that they want you to pray with them.
One church I went to get food from long ago(11 years ago) wanted us to sit for church services.
THAT is wrong. What if I was a different religion,and couldn't sit for the service?
If you are asking for charity from a Church, I don't see a problem with the Church asking you to pray w/ them. I'm sure those prayers were for your own benefit.
Since you are uninterested in praying, you should not seek out charity from religious organizations. Why didn't you go to a food pantry? Let me guess, it was easier for you to go to the local Church, because they didn't require that you submit your income information etc. I can't believe the level of ingratitude w/ some people.
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