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when they aren't filling up the email boxes of ANYONE who speaks out against their leeching off the government
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Back when I was a kid, food stamps were a shame and an embarrassment for our parents and grandparents.
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If you are receiving government assistance for a SHORT-TERM because something has happened (as it could to anyone), then no, you shouldn't be shamed. These people, however, are the people who stand in line quietly, have their goods arranged ready to pay and then pay with the cards with no drama. These people get the paying process over and done with as soon as possible so that no-one realises they're in need of assistance.
these people should not be shamed. Likewise the truly disabled (I don't mean kiddie Krazy cheque, I mean actually disabled and unable to work - not 'bad back' or 'depression that's lasted 15 years').
However...if you are standing in line fanning yourself and humphing with the card looking proud of it, buying loads of stuff with your own money as well as the government money, and talking on an iphone...you should be shamed.
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If you are receiving government assistance for a SHORT-TERM because something has happened (as it could to anyone), then no, you shouldn't be shamed. These people, however, are the people who stand in line quietly, have their goods arranged ready to pay and then pay with the cards with no drama. These people get the paying process over and done with as soon as possible so that no-one realises they're in need of assistance.
these people should not be shamed. Likewise the truly disabled (I don't mean kiddie Krazy cheque, I mean actually disabled and unable to work - not 'bad back' or 'depression that's lasted 15 years').
However...if you are standing in line fanning yourself and humphing with the card looking proud of it, buying loads of stuff with your own money as well as the government money, and talking on an iphone...you should be shamed.
When my grandparents needed assistance in the 60s in the UK, a man came to their council flat and told them that after they'd sold their TV they could reapply. A TV is not a necessity, and therefore needed to be sold for cash before they could apply for assistance. The man also audited their clothing - how many outifts each person had, where it had been bought etc. He audited EVERYTHING in their home to see whether they were truly stuck or whether they were living beyond their means. It turned out that my grandfather had been made redundant and it was taking a little longer than expected to get a new job. They got the help in the end.
As soon as my grandfather got a new job, the Man was back - he took away all of their assistance as of the date of Grandad's first pay cheque from the new job. The Man made sure that the kids wouldn't go hungry (only 3 children, which was unusual for that time - Nanny and Grandad couldn't afford any more), and that their rent and bills could and would be paid. He then bid them farewell and told them that next time they applied, it would be the same procedure.
My Mum remembers this to this day, and she rememberd the humiliation that my grandparents went through. They went through it because they were actualy desperate. Luckily, as soon as Grandad got his new job, they were back on their feet pretty quickly, but none of the family ever forgot it. Our family has always felt that signing on is a shameful act.
If more of these leeches were made to feel shame, and were humiliated into scaling down their existences, then maybe there'd be more money in the government pot. The UK for example is empty. There is no money in the pot, yet people seem to think that they can spend their lives taking money from it having never put any in.
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