More Logic.......

[kwhizz]

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Lets run this up the flag pole and see who salutes.

During the depression, when no one had a job, the CCC and a couple of other govermental groups were put together to help try to put the country back on its feet. In the area where I grew up, a lot of the bridges and county buildings were put together during this time. A lot of stone work, like the cemetary wall in Independence, Ks that probably stretches for 2 miles, is still there and standing. A lot of repair work/ replacement of these structures is needed and the counties are having to heap a large burden of taxes onto the people that actually pay their taxes. How about we get some of these people that can't find a job, put a shovel in their hand and get them to break a sweat! It would be amazing what could be done if they actually had to work for the money they get (those that are physically able to work).

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[69LM1]

Here's a real life one for ya.

I own a computer company, and make a nice salary. But, we still watch what we spend, and cut where we can and save for travel, kids education etc.

When Hurricane Katrina hit and we wound up first in little rock and then houston, I really thought we lost it all. No New Orleans meant no more computer company. Most of my employees found new jobs in the towns they evacuated to.

In short, we were offered food stamps, which I at first declined as we had savings and I was doing some tech work still. Then I thought about how much I pay in taxes, and said finally, shoot yea, give em too me.

As a family of four, we got so much in food stamps that we could NOT spend it all every month, even if we bought name brand everything! We only took em for two months as by then I started getting calls from customers who wanted to come back to New Orleans and realized that at least 50% of my customers and employees would be coming back.

At the end of the two months, we told the state that we no longer needed the food stamp system. We still had hundreds left on the credit card thing unspent, and they said we HAD to spend it, it could not be returned. We went out and bought steak every night just to get rid of the money on the card!

No wonder some people on food stamps "trade" em for crack. There's no way you can spend all that every month. They eat better than we do.........

[Tim Penton]

Rich, That is a fact. I used to get (and still am) extremely pissed off years ago when I first started in Law Enforcement as a Corrections Officer. I lived with my parents at home while earning only $6.33 an hour. I soon realized that damn near everyone in jail had a hell of a nest egg saved up for when they got out of jail due to relatives and/or friends saving their welfare and "crazy" checks (mental disability) for them to blow when hey got out of jail. These p.o.s. made more freakin' money than I did doing nothing. I'm not even going to go into the supplemental earnings the inmates had for illegal activities.