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avhg1 · 08-31-2005, 11:04 AM

Lurkette, I believe we are on almost the same page and have more of a semantics issue then a difference in belief of the purpose of PA. Those who are disadvantaged mentally or physically are different cases. I was pointing to more the case where people that feel entitled to things that they are not willing to work for. I have an aunt with Down syndrome and she will always be on public assistance. The difference is that she still works to the best of her abilities for the things she has. Those types of assistance are not the cases that I’m referring to. I said before, assistance needs to be reformed to better help those who genuinely need it, not those who want to take advantage of it. In my own experience, I can only say that I have seen more cases of abuse of the system than the system being used as it was intended. I have also seen the difficulty that those who truly need the help have in getting it as a result of others abusing it.

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avhg1 Insane Location: MD	Lurkette, I believe we are on almost the same page and have more of a semantics issue then a difference in belief of the purpose of PA. Those who are disadvantaged mentally or physically are different cases. I was pointing to more the case where people that feel entitled to things that they are not willing to work for. I have an aunt with Down syndrome and she will always be on public assistance. The difference is that she still works to the best of her abilities for the things she has. Those types of assistance are not the cases that I’m referring to. I said before, assistance needs to be reformed to better help those who genuinely need it, not those who want to take advantage of it. In my own experience, I can only say that I have seen more cases of abuse of the system than the system being used as it was intended. I have also seen the difficulty that those who truly need the help have in getting it as a result of others abusing it. __________________ I shake the devil's hand daily... I'd do it hourly, but my hand gets tired. Last edited by avhg1; 08-31-2005 at 11:07 AM..