Perhaps this strikes a nerve with me because again, my wife has been trying to see what kind of assistance we qualify for. Did people take loans they couldn't afford? probably. I bet there are more people though that could afford the loans before the economy crashed.lowing wrote:
you forgot to add caused by people who took loans they could not afford and (probably knew it)ATG wrote:
Dude, the average worker isn't the problem.
Its people mooching tax dollars and calling themselves public servants.
It's private companies doing gov'ment work for prevailing wage ( costing the tax payer three times what it should ).
But, they do have you well trained. They have you trained to impune those who have paid into a system that need help.
Your failure is that you are not differentiating between career welfare ghetto queens and people who are in need because of the harvesting of wealth that is going on right now, I mean, the recession, I mean the carnage that was caused by hack politicians and SOULESS BANKERS who have fucked up the economy beyond the point where a person can fix it through hard work, like the past. They are all just moochers.
DUMB!
People who are in need of temp assistance have UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. If you are on welfare, you probably haven't had a job for quite some time if at all.
So, take me for example. In 2005 we topped one million in gross sales. Last year we barely did 300k.
It's not like anything changed on our end, we still have a great name brand, we still market a great product. Didn't stop anything. Blame me?
Okay.
What about the guy three doors down who two years ago had twenty men doing five trades working six days a week? He now has three guys covering all five trades and works about three days a week. How about my friends multi million per year plastics supply business? He closed his doors after going two months without an order. The point is, this is bigger than an individuals ability to contain.
So the wifey went in to social services office and found out that we qualified for up to $800.00 per month in cash, lowered utility bills, lower health care, food stamps and deferred state taxes. Guess what? 80% of the people there were non englishing speaking mexicans. They had special rooms where state verkers instructed these people in spanish how to fill out the forms.
So as I sit here resisting her I ask myself, why?
I have a corporation, I had state and federal taxes withheld. The roads are jacked, the police are worthless and the politicians vote themselves and their buddies pay raises that don't even reflect the cost of living. Hispanic activist assist those here to get phoney i.d.s and apply for benefits before they look for work. The get benefits even after they get work because they use bogus i.d..
I made the decision this morning, after reading the idiocy in this thread to stop resisting her because of pride and have her get all she can while she can. So I go in for fingerprints and financial classes in a week or so.
I will be leaving for another state shortly and she will be here on her own half of the month until I establish my business elsewhere and find a rental house. I ain't sitting here waiting for the tide to turn, I am being proactive and moving to a place that has a much better economy and need for what I do. Why should I not take advantage of any assistance I can as I have paid into the system for years, it is going broke, and our need is real?
The only reason I can think of is the stigma people like you attach to it. People who feed off the government teet, directly or indirectly.
And I still insist you are trolling because your position is devoid of logic and you clearly are trying to get a rise out of people.