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Originally Posted by cpatzer
Alright now I had better chime in.
When I was growing up, my family was so poor that we didn't even know where our next meal was coming from some days. My dad busted his ass most days 16hrs a day trying to make ends meet for a family of 6. He is college educated and a fairly smart guy.
At 55 he was diagnosed with cancer. He beat it. Yet he worked every day during the treatment to try to provide for his family.
Sometimes life just throws curve balls at you. For him it was one after the other. He had a business partner that cheated him and a number of deals that fell through because of dishonest people.
If it weren't for the charity of others and yes, "government welfare and health care (DSHS)" we would not have made it.
Seeing what he went through, experiencing it first hand, there isn't a day that goes by that I am not thankful for the opportunities that I have been given. Nor do I look down on people just because sometimes they need a helping hand.
I among most other people here should consider themselves lucky. We all get to drive nice cars, have food on the table every night, and don't have to worry constantly that we don't have a place to stay.
Are there exceptions to the rule? YES! There are lazy people, drug addicts, drunks and so on. Even then, do these people not deserve help? Being a quote unquote conservative I am assuming you believe in God and Jesus. What would Jesus do? Would he tell these people that need help "tough luck"?
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I am not a person of religon at all
I fought to get where I am and don't get me wrong I do believe in helping people but with stipulations...I believe that government assistance should have a time limit...you should not be able to stay on welfare indefinately...perfect example I had a friend that was dating this girl...whe had a very nice row house on the edge of downtown...plasma TV, gaming systems, home theater setup, three bedrooms nice place...I found out that she paid $200 dollars a month because of government assistance and she worked jobs for cash so she could still get welfare checks, food stamps (stipend of $150 in food a week) and this nice place for $200 per month...I on the other hand was working as a bartender and a mechanic, had a shitty apartment at $700 plus utilities was paying my way through school eating tofu and ramen noodles most of the time yet because of my investments and the fact that i had to pay capital gains on the money I had invested for college and the future I was paying close to 50k a year in taxes and because I had jobs and invested money I lived like shit and this girl got everything handed to her for being lazy...