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Originally Posted by CFrance
This is what I mean about using today's circumstances and not those of the past. It is very admirable what you and your siblings did to help your family. But... in today's world, people don't have twelve children to help out... anyone who can afford it has a yard service and a snow removal service, and a car to run their own errands. Others who can't afford that do it themselves, or have adult children who do it for them.
Learning another trade is not so easy today as it was back then, and it costs a lot more $ unless you accept government assistance, which you and others claim is wrong.
So I see all this as putting the poor in a double bind, and then calling them all lazy. And that's what I object to.
There are already people working three jobs to make ends meet--and they have college degrees. Today's job circumstances are totally different than they were 30 years ago.
I wish those posters living in the past would do some research on today's circumstances, plus the situation of generational poverty.
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Just curious and not trying to be ornery !!! Can you please link or post something about WHERE and WHO you are hearing about ALL poor as lazy ?
I have never seen that comment or anything even close.
Most I see is STATISTICS on the increase in welfare FRAUD !!!
PS...I have done some research on this and can tell you I have WITNESSED AND SEEN the soliciting of people in downtown Tampa to attend "classes" on how to work the system...not just welfare but all of the system. I never heard anyone say that ALL poor or even a percentage were lazy however and am just curious how this came to be