Judging A Book By It's Cover ~ A Review

[IMaDick]

That's a great speech but none of those are mutually exclusive. You can feel sorry for someone while still being truthful with them and supporting a hand-up, not a hand-out.

Further, you suggest that these people "need exposure to different ways of conducting life". Are you proposing armies of people going in to poverty striken areas to enlighten them? Or maybe, fixing up all the shitty schools so they get exposure to something different that way? That's great...and there go our tax dollars. Everything costs money. Our current, shitty, abused welfare system probably costs less and that's why its allowed to continue. Everyone is busy guarding the money coming out of their paychecks (rightfully so) but that same mentality also prevents us from thinking long term and actually taking the steps to reduce the need for welfare in the first place.

Anybody can learn. Take away the excuses, and anybody that really wants to know something can learn it.

Why should it all come out of our paychecks? I am responsible for the people I made to put on this earth. Why am I responsible for the lazy fucks, too? That kills me.

Impoverished people drain the system. I don't think any kid should go hungry (not their fault they had shitty parents), BUT I'm tired of providing for the adults who pop out children and can't afford them so they can retain benefits. Look at many generational welfare families and you will see kids of all ages so the parents can keep the gravy train coming.

It is a shame to have children and raise them in poverty. It make their lives harder. You should have a certain amount of welfare set aside, like unemployment, and when you exceed that, tough shit.

you obviously have no concept of the " nothing to lose menatality" that perpetuates the crime rates in this and most other countries.

when a man "even a poor man " loses his dignity there are no boundaries.

a person on public assistence needs to feel productive, a little bit of public service goes a long way toward producing a motivation to get off the system.

the system needs to have requirements after a certian point which compels public service to continue benefits.