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Subject: "welfare is SUPPOSED to be temporary"
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BigJazz
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Fri May-08-15 01:53 PM
5. "welfare is SUPPOSED to be temporary"
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I've seen generations of people on it...
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I'm tryna be better off, not better than...
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Fri May-08-15 01:33 PM
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spite, heartlessness
John Forte
May 08th 2015
1
I think it's similar to the minimum wage reflex
spades
May 08th 2015
2
don't we kind of have that now with welfare? if you make under x dollars
BigJazz
May 08th 2015
3
Not really. Welfare is temporary - this is permanent.
spades
May 08th 2015
4
because low wages disincentivize work
John Forte
May 08th 2015
7
Childless people have to game SSI
John Forte
May 08th 2015
6
Yep.
spades
May 08th 2015
8
you mean by faking or manufacturing a disability?
philpot
May 08th 2015
13
SSI and SSDI fraud are RAMPANT, man
John Forte
May 08th 2015
14
Man you must work for the gov't too.
spades
May 08th 2015
15
i believe you, maybe it just doesn't bother me
philpot
May 08th 2015
17
I swear there was a show about this on NPR a few years ago
PoppaGeorge
May 08th 2015
9
I could see that.
spades
May 08th 2015
10
RE: I swear there was a show about this on NPR a few years ago
double 0
May 08th 2015
11
people who are against this....why? what's the reason to oppose it?
BigJazz
May 08th 2015
12
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
spades
May 08th 2015
16
Where is the money gonna come from to pay for all that?
Shaun Tha Don
May 08th 2015
18
LOL
astralblak
May 08th 2015
21
People who work themselves to death don't want to see others chillin...
BlassFemur
May 08th 2015
19
Certainly not at their expense.
Shaun Tha Don
May 08th 2015
20
I have so many words to say, no current gumption to compose them
Jon
May 09th 2015
22
We have a cultural hangup about dignity coming from
Teknontheou
May 09th 2015
23
The Atlantic chimes in
imcvspl
May 23rd 2015
24
The Economist rebutts
imcvspl
May 25th 2015
25
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