Thread: Work-obsessed
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Old 09-15-2007, 06:51 PM   #65 (permalink)
JumpinJesus
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Originally Posted by EaseUp
I work with a group of hard-working people. Recently, a single mom decided to have another child. She took two months of disability, had a c-section paid for by the state just because she wanted to, and filed for assistance from the state for single mothers with children. She won't marry the father, because that would cut down on welfare. He currently collects disability, but is not hindered in any way from riding his bicycle around all day.

To top it off, she brags to her former co-workers how they have plenty of money now.

Does that make anyone else feel that working hard is pointless? Or at least unfair?
I guess I would ask: How does that make you feel? The tone I'm getting from your post is that what she is doing bothers you.
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