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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 31215" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>Up here they have a saying. Welfare is supposed to be a safety net, not a hammock. My ex-sister-in-law (who knows what possessed my brother to marry that girl) got pregnant at 15, dropped out of highschool, went on welfare, gave the baby up for adoption, got pregnant again at 17, kept the baby (girl). Got pregnant again at 24 with my brother while she was still on welfare. My brother married her. That lasted about 6 months and he ended up paying child support on both kids while she was back on welfare. The oldest girl dropped out of school and got pregnant at 16. Now, she's on welfare and my ex-sister-in-law is taking care of the new baby and on welfare. She's 38 and never held a job for any more than a couple of months. My tax dollars and my brother's child support go mostly to liquor and cigarettes. The kids are always poorly dressed and they don't eat properly and she gets to raise a whole other generation the same as her. I have no problem supporting someone in the short term if they are having a rough time or down on their luck but a life built around government assistance shouldn't be allowed. At very least if they are people are being paid they could be working on public works, mowing lawns, painting, building play structures for kids, picking up garbage, etc. Up here they call it workfare but all the left wingers seem to think people deserve a free ride. The leader of the NDP socialist party up here actually accused the Prime Minister of murder for not supplying housing for the homeless when a few of them died from exposure. Its just funny how some people think but I guess it goes along with this apologetic ,"its not my fault" culture that we live in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 31215, member: 245"] Up here they have a saying. Welfare is supposed to be a safety net, not a hammock. My ex-sister-in-law (who knows what possessed my brother to marry that girl) got pregnant at 15, dropped out of highschool, went on welfare, gave the baby up for adoption, got pregnant again at 17, kept the baby (girl). Got pregnant again at 24 with my brother while she was still on welfare. My brother married her. That lasted about 6 months and he ended up paying child support on both kids while she was back on welfare. The oldest girl dropped out of school and got pregnant at 16. Now, she's on welfare and my ex-sister-in-law is taking care of the new baby and on welfare. She's 38 and never held a job for any more than a couple of months. My tax dollars and my brother's child support go mostly to liquor and cigarettes. The kids are always poorly dressed and they don't eat properly and she gets to raise a whole other generation the same as her. I have no problem supporting someone in the short term if they are having a rough time or down on their luck but a life built around government assistance shouldn't be allowed. At very least if they are people are being paid they could be working on public works, mowing lawns, painting, building play structures for kids, picking up garbage, etc. Up here they call it workfare but all the left wingers seem to think people deserve a free ride. The leader of the NDP socialist party up here actually accused the Prime Minister of murder for not supplying housing for the homeless when a few of them died from exposure. Its just funny how some people think but I guess it goes along with this apologetic ,"its not my fault" culture that we live in. [/QUOTE]
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