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The people who have it the worst in the U.S are the working class who don't qualify for any government handouts.Often these would be low income workers with no dependents or those who make slightly above the cut off for handouts.
The quality of life the welfare class lives is much higher than the non-welfare class just above them. The welfare class gets free food with food stamps, discount housing with Section 8, free cash with welfare, free medical with Medicaid. Not a worry in the world they are living the good life. As an added bonus the welfare class doesn't have to worry about inflation as all their handouts are adjusted for it.
It is time for the non-welfare working poor to be furious with the welfare poor. They should be coming out with pitchforks. There should be big protests in front of Section 8 communities.
The best thing the non-welfare poor could do is vote for far right wing politicians. Yes they mostly vote for Republicans today but the GOP does nothing to cut welfare programs. We need a replacement party (or a revised Republican party) that will make it priority #1 to end all welfare programs.
The talk radio minions have bought the BS hook line and sinker. Sad.
True, they have too solid a work ethic to consider that.
First of all, many people who receive benefits of some kind DO work, and second, I was addressing the incredibly stupid notion that welfare recipients are living a lavish lifestyle, one worthy of the envy of those at the top of the economic ladder.
worked since I was 16 (W2 jobs), 12 up mowing lawns and the like..
How about you?
About the same. I do not remember the Depression first-hand any more than you do, but I know from family stories that charity alone did not relieve the misery.
If democrats pass laws that allow illegal Mexican immigrants with minimal education and low job skills to gain citizenship and the vote, and these Mexican immigrants grow as expected to be 30+% of the American population in 25 years, americans will see what happens in your OP very soon.
About the same. I do not remember the Depression first-hand any more than you do, but I know from family stories that charity alone did not relieve the misery.
My family is generally older. First cousins past 80. Parents lived through Great Depression, having been born in 1913 and 1919, in an era where they sought first job by age 14. They never took a handout. Worked multiple jobs, any hour required. Including overnight shifts.
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The income earned during it should count towards a 10x requirement.
It wouldn't be enough money, as people who need benefits never earned much if any anyways. Just stop
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