For the first part of your message, see where I asked about using debit cards to limit, at least, where the cards can be used. I would imagine the technology exists to even know what is being bought so that non-qualified items can be excluded. Just so I am clear...again...because it may cost to much to do so, we should not make sure people who are being given the money are using it as it was/is intended, so we juts give them a blank check? Using that same logic, should we not stop funding prisons, I mean obviously, since there is still crime, prisons are not having the desired effect and cost a lot, so lets abolish all prisons, oh, and we may as well get rid of law enforcement as well. They also cost a lot, and since we will have no prisons for criminals to go to, why should we even bother trying to stop crime?
Bottom line, all those people you mention, with the silk running suits and french manicures and using welfare checks to buy tobacco, alcohol or drugs would be considered thieves in my mind. And I think they should be treated the same way any other thief would be. If these people came into your house and stole your money to buy these things would you look the other way? TO me there is no difference..scratch that there is...the ones using the money given to them are more despicable in my mind. As for your last question..I did answer it...and will answer it again. I think a good start is someone who does not do drugs and will use the money wisely to provide for themselves and their families and is looking to better their situation and not live the rest of their livfe on welfare. To me welfare, food stamps and other programs were intended (or should be intended) to help people through a rough patch, not support them for their entire life. I have heard people brag about being 3rd generation welfare recipients. These are not the people the system was intended for. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gonna test them for alcohol, tobacco or Prozac? How about caffeine or > chocolate? When I worked across from the housing project in downtown > Atlanta, I would see the ladies sitting on their porches with french > manicures and silk running suits. Should we test for nail polish? Go > through their closets and penalize them for buying fancy clothes? > Where do you draw the line? At what point does the oversight cost > more than the programs themselves? > > And you still didn't answer the question: what do you find an > acceptable user for YOUR tax dollars? > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think not giving tax dollars to those who will spend them on drugs is > as > > good a place to start as any. > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Just what do you find an acceptable use for YOUR tax dollars? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
