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Is Government assistance like Crack?
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:20 pm
I was talking to my sister yesterday who is turning 70 in January. We were talking about Trump and his plans to M.A.G.A. and the discussion turned to how to wean people off of government dependence.
Back when we were growing up in the 50 & 60's in rural East Baton Rouge Parish, we knew people who needed help. The help that was available to them, at that time, was given by Churches, family, and fellow neighbors. We didn't know of any government assistance. Today there seems to be a government program for every contingency.
I know there are back-to-work programs out there, but......how do you encourage people to work who have never had to work to survive?
To me, it seems like these government programs have created a "crack cocaine society"....become addicted and never get off.
What do you guys think?
Back when we were growing up in the 50 & 60's in rural East Baton Rouge Parish, we knew people who needed help. The help that was available to them, at that time, was given by Churches, family, and fellow neighbors. We didn't know of any government assistance. Today there seems to be a government program for every contingency.
I know there are back-to-work programs out there, but......how do you encourage people to work who have never had to work to survive?
To me, it seems like these government programs have created a "crack cocaine society"....become addicted and never get off.
What do you guys think?
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Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:22 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Yes. The best part, is that then, you can use the money you would have had to spend on you own upkeep, on actual crack! Win Win!!
This post was edited on 12/26/16 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:34 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Ask the farmers and the duck dynasty welfare
Film credits and defense industry.
Sucking from the government teets is awesome!
Film credits and defense industry.
Sucking from the government teets is awesome!
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:38 pm to TigerMikeAtl
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ck when we were growing up in the 50 & 60's in rural East Baton Rouge Parish, we knew people who needed help. The help that was available to them, at that time, was given by Churches, family, and fellow neighbors. We didn't know of any government assistance
What an awful time to be alive that must have been. I'm glad we have resources citizens can actually use to get help.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:39 pm to mahdragonz
Lame reply but still accurate..in the broader sense govt assistance as crack is a great analogy..my 83 y/o dad told me to never take it as it makes people dependent which his dad told him during the great depression
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:41 pm to mahdragonz
*teats
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:43 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Bad thing is it's happening throughout society. Nearly everyone that serves in the military gets disability of some kind.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:46 pm to CaptainBrannigan
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What an awful time to be alive that must have been. I'm glad we have resources citizens can actually use to get help.
That might of been a tough time but we didn't know of anyone who did without..black or white. It taught us lessons in life that you obviously missed.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:46 pm to mahdragonz
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Ask the farmers and the duck dynasty welfare Film credits and defense industry. Sucking from the government teets is awesome!
I actually agree with that. The difference is that those examples actually provide needed things.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:49 pm to TigerMikeAtl
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Back when we were growing up in the 50 & 60's in
You got a better more modern model?
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:51 pm to C
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Nearly everyone that serves in the military gets disability of some kind.
I'm not sure that this is the best example of something negative. Soldiers going to war on behalf of our elected officials deserve our help more than anyone.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 8:54 pm to zatetic
Sure if they are actually injured. But if you just complain about anything during your exit physical you're going to get 20-30%
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:08 pm to TigerMikeAtl
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That might of been a tough time but we didn't know of anyone who did without..black or white
You really believe that? Poverty was rampant in the 1950 and early 1960s especially among the elderly. Plenty of citizens did without proper medical care back then. Which is why your sister is current on "crack" aka Medicare for which I gladly pay. 
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:12 pm to mahdragonz
The two examples actually produce wage and/or tax revenue back into the economy, please try again
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:15 pm to CaptainBrannigan
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Poverty was rampant in the 1950 and early 1960s especially among the elderly.
If the "poor" now were left to the conditions of the poor in the 50's, they would be curled up in a heap whining and crying "poor me"....back then, the poor would feel blessed to have what the "poor" have now....and they didn't whine or expect a handout.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:16 pm to Rekrul
They take from another profitable part of society to receive those benefits. I'm not saying all welfare is wrong but we are addicted as a society and will defend our own welfare to the bitter end.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:19 pm to CaptainBrannigan
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You really believe that? Poverty was rampant in the 1950 and early 1960s especially among the elderly. Plenty of citizens did without proper medical care back then. Which is why your sister is current on "crack" aka Medicare for which I gladly pay.
You really have no clue do you? I guess that's why you keep burning the fries at McDonald's. Keep practicing...I see a drive-in window in your future. Just try and get my order correct.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:28 pm to C
Welfare is needed, I don't disagree with that and I don't mind a portion of my tax money going to it. My problem is generation after generation living off of it, when they're fully able to work. Everyone on this website can honestly say they've seen abusers of the system. I can't imagine the taxpayer dollars that go to abusers.
No one is keeping tabs on that, we just keep giving and giving. That's a problem that needs to stop immediately.
No one is keeping tabs on that, we just keep giving and giving. That's a problem that needs to stop immediately.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:31 pm to TigerMikeAtl
Until conservatives end their untouchable military spending and troop compensation hypocrisy this whole line of banter is a disingenuous waste of time.
Military spending, social security, medicare.
All else is just noise and bullshite.
Military spending, social security, medicare.
All else is just noise and bullshite.
Posted on 12/26/16 at 9:31 pm to TigerMikeAtl
More like bribery.
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