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25 Sep 2024 12:06 pm
Kudos to your mother...for most back then it was about pride...but about the tuna...Fuelman » 25 Sep 2024, 11:14 am » wrote: ↑ The gist of the article I pulled this from is that these 100 plus welfare programs are the primary driver of the US debt. The "transfers" to other countries are a drop in the bucket in comparison.
I have to hand it to Mom. She got pregnant in 1958 in high school and I came along in 1961. A few years later she was single with 2 young kids. She never collected a dime in any type of assistance. Poverty was part of my life for most of my childhood years. She managed to survive and today I give her much credit for my own success. I haven't eaten a can of tuna fish since then.
It's a touchy subject but the line has to be drawn somewhere.
I'm not against giving to someone "in need", but don't make it permanent...apparently it's way too lucrative...
speaking of "in need"... a colleague's brother (Vietnam vet) hooked up with a junkie when crack was big. He burned a hole in his lung, couldn't work, went on disability...
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