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re: Article- 86% off strident conservatives think the poor "have it easy" in America
Posted on 6/28/14 at 9:54 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 6/28/14 at 9:54 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Tiger n Miami AU83
They already have to be "looking for work." I've interviewed those types at fast food places I've managed. I'm not sure if it's intentional, but they give terrible interviews.
ETA: but what you are suggesting would be better if our government could be trusted to stick to it.
This post was edited on 6/28/14 at 10:24 am
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Posted on 6/28/14 at 9:59 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
quote:
Our wellfare system is a joke.
It's not often I agree with Tiger n Miami AU83, but when I do, it is usually emphatic agreement.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:05 am to Eurocat
So, your point is that the poor do have it though, but conservatives are "meanies" who just don't care about them and this survey is proof, right?
Sowell nailed a Liberal's arse to the wall....again.
quote:
“I’ve often said there are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left.
The first is: ‘Compared to what?’
The second is: ‘At what cost?’
And the third is: ‘What hard evidence do you have?’
Now there are very few ideas on the left that can pass all of those…" - Dr. Thomas Sowell
Sowell nailed a Liberal's arse to the wall....again.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:08 am to imjustafatkid
I know, but none of them really look for work. I went on unemployment for a few months years ago. The system is a joke.I had to make a phone call once every two weeks and punch a few buttons in an automated system including saying I had applied for 3 jobs each week or something silly, then check was deposited. Total joke and laughable.
The system has to have a carrot and stick approach, instead of endless carrots. Have some hard asses running it and make it an opportunity that people have a limited period of time where they have benefits so they can develop a skill or trade for a year while having their basic necessities taken care of. Then if they don't develop that skill, they can be like a cheap labor force until they get motivated enough, drop out and make their own way 100%, orjust be cheap labor till they die.
And no going back to stage 1 or 2, or only like once per decade tops.
The system has to have a carrot and stick approach, instead of endless carrots. Have some hard asses running it and make it an opportunity that people have a limited period of time where they have benefits so they can develop a skill or trade for a year while having their basic necessities taken care of. Then if they don't develop that skill, they can be like a cheap labor force until they get motivated enough, drop out and make their own way 100%, orjust be cheap labor till they die.
And no going back to stage 1 or 2, or only like once per decade tops.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:18 am to Eurocat
Define "hard" in America.
TIA
TIA
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:20 am to rintintin
quote:
That's such a subjective phrase, "have it easy".
Compared to a millionaire? No
Compared to the impoverished in most other countries? Absolutely
This
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:27 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
quote:
The system is a joke.I had to make a phone call once every two weeks and punch a few buttons in an automated system including saying I had applied for 3 jobs each week or something silly, then check was deposited. Total joke and laughable.
Yeah. I was unemployment once and they didn't even try to verify what I was saying.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:37 am to imjustafatkid
Not once. I changed careers into commercial lending during the housing boom. When it ended, I went and rented a condo on the beach for a couple of months and collected my checks while deciding what I wanted to do next. Made my decision, decided the company I wanted to work for and went and got the position.
But in the interim, I saw how easy it was to suckle the government teet. It was mindlessy simple. Pick up phone. Punch few buttons for less than 1 minutes, cash in bank account. I was like wow, this is neat and sorta fun.
But in the interim, I saw how easy it was to suckle the government teet. It was mindlessy simple. Pick up phone. Punch few buttons for less than 1 minutes, cash in bank account. I was like wow, this is neat and sorta fun.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:39 am to Eurocat
Until yesterday I thought of myself as being in the middle class. My golf partner said he just bought a new motor home... 33 feet long.
Me: Does it have a flat screen TV?
Him: Four of them.
I now realize I'm living in poverty.
Me: Does it have a flat screen TV?
Him: Four of them.
I now realize I'm living in poverty.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:41 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
I can get behind your proposal.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:43 am to Zach
quote:
I now realize I'm living in poverty.
Sorry to hear that bro.
So, is it hard or easy?
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:48 am to Wolfhound45
Posted on 6/28/14 at 10:59 am to Eurocat
quote:They do. In most places they would be left to fend for themselves.
Article- 86% off strident conservatives think the poor "have it easy" in America
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:01 am to Taxing Authority
Maybe because the "poor" choose to be poor and live off of everyone else. I'd say that's living life pretty easy. Scums of the earth
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:05 am to Eurocat
quote:
think the poor "have it easy" in America
Relatively, yes.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:41 am to Eurocat
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:44 am to Eurocat
quote:Then 14% are stupid.
Article- 86% off strident conservatives think the poor "have it easy" in America
By any reasonable comparison to the overall human condition, our poor have it VERY frickING EASY.
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:46 am to Eurocat
quote:I mean shite man. Is this even arguable?
Article- the poor "have it easy" in America
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:50 am to Eurocat
All of this arguing back and forth is really starting to aggravate me. Back and forth back and forth for no reason.
Meanwhile, Zach has let us know he now realizes he is poor. And we are doing nothing about it!
Meanwhile, Zach has let us know he now realizes he is poor. And we are doing nothing about it!
Posted on 6/28/14 at 11:54 am to Eurocat
frick the poor
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