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I don't mind it when my tax dollars go to social assistance programs. I see first-hand how badly welfare can be abused, welfare cheque day is the start of a massive three-day bender for everyone where I work (a homeless shelter). But I also know that for every one of those guys, there's at least an equal number of people who try thier hardest to squeeze every penny, but at the end of the month, the money always runs out. People will always abuse the system, it's not because the system's messed up, it's because people are.
What I don't like seeing are stories in newspapers about cabinet ministers racking up multiple $1300 dinners on the public's charge card, new solid oak desks for government executives and overstaffed government offices that can't get anything done.
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