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Originally Posted by painintheass
I didn't say anyone was stupid.
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Yes, in a roundabout way yes you did. You think the people in your rural area are too stupid to get themselves a better life, you are angry that the federal government hasn't come in and saved them from poverty, and you think their only salvation will be for Quebec to separate so your people can have some sort of imagined chance at this better life you seek for them.
That's basically what you've been saying here.
Face it, you are a hypocrite.
And your above example is flawed as well. If your example guy "jean" were to apply for welfare in Montreal, then find one of the many government-funded Employment re-training/job re-entry programs available, he could get some education, even get his GED through those programs, FOR FREE, and then he would stand a real shot at getting a job. Those programs even have some small funds available to help people in other ways, like buying them some clothes to go on job interviews, transportation money, food allowances etc.
The opportunity is there for the taking, and that's just one example. How do I know this? Because years ago after my back injury I myself found and joined a job re-entry program. That's where I first learned how to turn a computer on and work the key thingies and click the interweb. That was back in '96, and since '99 I've been working for myself from home.
Where there's a will there's a way.
Stop crying about how much harder it is out your way. There are hard luck stories everywhere, and for every one there is another who climbed themselves out of the pit and became productive if not successful.