Who Benefits From the Safety Net - NYTimes.com

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May I just point out (oh crap, I’m posting politics again…), I live in the Deep South. These are very strange people. They’re furious about Obamacare. Furious. They scream about how it takes away their rights (huh?). They’re ability to choose.

Then they go to church to save their souls and discuss charity.

Huh?

Then they love to, LOVE to point out how many people are living off welfare and their free freegin’ money.

I mutter under my breath. When I was in college, IN COLLEGE (circa late 80s), I learned from my sociology class, that it’s mostly white people who are on welfare.

Makes sense, when you think about the make up of the population. It is evident, from this article, not much has changed, outside of my environment. I brought this up one day to my Southern cohorts. They were mad and said I was watching too much CNN. For them, the enemy has always been whatever they aren’t.

Doesn’t work that way.

Sorry, venting. But let’s stop blaming groups and deal with the problems people. So? People are getting health care. Now stop it. Can we now work on reducing starving children and deadbeat dads?

Peace,

Roo

Who Benefits From the Safety Net - NYTimes.com

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Anonymous said…
I argue with people, too. You can find welfare queens, having as many kids as they can to get more money, but more commonly it's a working mom with a couple of kids who's really trying to make it and failing. Everybody says "get a job" like it's just that easy.

What job? Part time at McDonald's? Plus part time somewhere else, equally unskilled and poorly paid. So now she's got to balance overlapping schedules, kids getting to school, shopping, cooking, all the normal parts of living. Made worse if she relies on public transit.

Even without kids: my friend's got a lodger who works three jobs, and is still not quite making it. Isn't that sad? Because a single person is about the best case scenario for being able to make it.
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