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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou know the canard that people on welfare are lazy takers?
The sheriff here is constantly arresting welfare cheats: people who were working a low wage job while receiving welfare.
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You know the canard that people on welfare are lazy takers? (Original Post)
hedgehog
Jan 2013
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Might that be because "welfare" payments are barely , if that, subsistence funds?
tech3149
Jan 2013
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tech3149
(4,452 posts)1. Might that be because "welfare" payments are barely , if that, subsistence funds?
The fact that these people went out to find any job makes that painfully obvious and shows they aren't lazy.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)2. On the other hand, low wage jobs are barely , if that, subsistence funds!
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)3. So did he raid the wal mart and arrest everyone that works there?
They are all on food stamps and medicaid don't ya know.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)4. I'll bet they had refrigerators and air conditioning!
How dare they!