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- From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:34:47 GMT
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- In article <C007FI.Fun@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM) writes:
- |> Without admitting to whether I'm pro-life or pro-abortion, I
- |> have to say that whenever these jokes we call "social programs"
- |> become truly fair, I'll consider this a valid argument.
- |>
- |> I personally know at least four families who are more interested in
- |> sucking blood from these programs than getting jobs and becoming
- |> responsible.
- |>
- |> One of them actually sells their foodstamps to others.
- |>
- |> This all makes me sick, and when my tax dollars are spent on those
- |> who truly need them, rather than the welfare society that our know-it-all
- |> liberals have created, I'll be the first to use the above argument.
-
- First of all, I didn't see Reagan, Bush, Ford, or Nixon trying
- to reform the welfare laws. They are a product of both parties.
-
- Second, fraud is not as prevalent in these programs as you would
- think, but it is a problem.
-
- The real problem with our welfare system is that it "traps" people
- into a cycle of poverty, from which they cannot emerge. Many people
- cannot afford to live on welfare. So they seek out a job. If they
- can find one, it pays less than welfare does, and it will probably
- cause them to lose their welfare benefits. So they stay out of work
- because they have kids to feed. I think that this is one of the
- problems at the base of America's decline. People are unable to
- work or can't find a job. They are unable to raise their children
- with the values that they were raised with. I think that the number
- of people strong willed enough to never want to work and leech off
- of society is smaller than you think.
-
- When you give people jobs, you give them dignity. With dignity, they
- can raise their children right, pass on morals and help keep a sense
- of order in our society.
-
- How are we going to do this? I don't know, but until we figure it
- out, these people have to eat somehow. Welfare was never meant to
- be a permanent program, and it has not worked well in the long run.
-
-
- Jared Dahl
- Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's.
- Don't send e-mail - I won't get it.
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