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Originally Posted by Borla
I see way too many people on welfare around here driving around in cars "pimped" out, stereos pounding, wearing all kinds of jewelry, fake nails, hair dyed, etc. It makes me sick that my last check was for about $1100 less than the gross amount, and a a huge chunk of that probably went to subsidize some welfare mom's hair weave, or some dude's "ice", or 24" spinners on some old beater.  |
The sad fact about the cars and jewelry is that most of it is bought on credit and is usually sold by predatory stores. Folks put a little money down on spinners or a stereo and then basically pay more than the item is worth in interest over time. There have been cases where poor people have paid 3 or 4 times the value of an item. The same scam goes for furniture rental. Not all rent-to-buy companies are immoral like this, but a healthy number of them are. The victims tend to be ignorant about how financing really works. So the next time that you see something something like this, remember that you may be looking at someone who's credit is in nightmarish shape, but that's how they got the sweet ride.
To address the actual topic, if I'm a casino owner, I'll happily ban any indivudual who asks me to put them on a banned list. I'll put people there myself if they cause trouble or disrupt my business or cheat. But if the state tries to ban people for me, we have a big problem. Where do you draw the line on public assistance? What about people in wheelchairs that can't work and get SSI? How about a professor whose job researching why peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth instead of your tongue exists only because of a government grant?