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Originally Posted by Sly
Your friend is abusing the system. You should be more mad at him than at the standard person on welfare.
If you were really that upset about welfare abuse, you should report your friend. Snitches get stitches... but just sayin...
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He was best man at my wedding. For the most part, he's not welcome in my house. He wasn't here for Thanksgiving, and I won't be exchanging Christmas gifts with him either. At this point I'm more friends with his family than him.
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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
Evidence?
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I just told you about my friend abusing the system. What more evidence do you need?
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Originally Posted by Failed
This is just an example of a person abusing the system, like the original article. It's easy to say "for every one person who needs to be on welfare, there's a dozen abusing it", but that doesn't make those numbers true.
Again, the abuses need to stop, helping people in need should continue. Why do people have such an easy time taking a stand against our money being used for social services, to help our own people, but don't stand up to padding the wallets of Wall St. with taxpayer funds? I'll never understand this mentality, never.
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Yeah, that's a number I clearly pulled out of my ass.
It's just odd how I know a number of people on welfare, yet it seems tome that most of them are abusing the system. Maybe I need some friends with more class.
I have a friend of mine who has two teen boys, and it's more profitable for him not to work. He gets to live in Section Eight housing - which he claims isn't bad in his area - and gets money and food. Any money he makes on the side is just extra spending money.
My other friends were also on Welfare. He had a boat, a big truck, a brand new harley, ATVs, iPhones.... Yet he was on welfare.
Welfare needs to become a short term fix, not a way of life. Six months, and that's it. After that, you need to lean on you family or friends.