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Originally posted by Not Me
I think it is just awful if you have money that you leave your grandmother to take hand outs. Just awful. I would get a second and a third fucking job before I would let anyone in my family live off of welfare of any kind. Where is your pride and sense of family responsibility?
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Unfortunately, state and federal child labor laws made such efforts on my part impossible. I realize this only opens an additional concern for many Republicans, as yet another example of how the state is interfering with the market, but until the Republican's get full control of the executive branch and both houses of Congress (oh wait), the law's the law.
Which segues into my next point. She was eligible for the money, why shouldn't she take it? She worked for years for the state as a teacher, and put away all that she could for retirement (in the sense of making the maximum pension contribution and putting aside extra on the side). And yet she was eligible for housing assistance.
But I'm glad to here you'll be sending back to the government that tax refund check you received last year. Wouldn't want to take a government handout, now would you? And you won't be taking that child tax credit either, I suppose, once little Not Mes [shudder] are running about. I'm sure you didn't take any federal grants to go to college or law school, or a Stafford loan.
Someday that social security check will just be sent back too, won't it? I mean, your grandkids can just work a second job to support you, right?
Ultimately, you don't know shit about my family's sense of responsibility and pride. I'll put my family's work ethic and history of accomplishments up against anyone's.
