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Originally Posted by filtherton
Just don't pretend that you have any kind of factual basis on which to make the claim as to any specific percent composition of cheaters on public assistance.
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I'm confused. Or, it's possible, perhaps, that I have not yet had enough coffee. I fail to see in
any of my posts, where I have attempted to make any "claim as to any specific percent composition of cheaters on public assistance". Nor have I quoted
anything on a "factual basis", other than what I have observed. In fact, I do believe that I have stated several times that I am accutely aware of the fact that there are many out there that must have Public Assistance in order to survive. I do not begrudge one nickel to any hard working human being, whose back is truly up against the wall. I will say it one more time. What I object to are those that are on Public Assistance that
somehow manage to maintain a better lifestyle than the guy sweating his ass off in a plant for 8 to 10 hours a day.
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Originally Posted by lurkette
Why don't you get equally worked up about the rich guy who gets first crack at IPOs because he's already a large institutional investor, or the corporate agriculture company that gets paid for NOT planting, or gets heavily subsidized so they can undercut growers from other countries?
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lurkette...you know me well enough to know that I
do get worked up over these things. I live in Nebraska, for Pete's sake. I am aware, and outraged, over the evils of Agri-Business. That is, however, fodder for a different thread (and one that I may very well get to). I also know that the abuses perpetrated on Public Assistance amount to a mere drop in the bucket of government abuse. It is, however, the abuse that is waved in my face when I'm at the grocery store, or at the doctor's office, or when I'm writing the mortage check. I
see it more. And...it pisses me off. As I said in the opening post, it is the
one topic that gives me the appearance of a neo-con. Wouldn't ustwo just fall over in shock?
