Yes it is, unless you just ignore history. -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Democrats set to lose the senate
That's not the government's job or concern. On Sep 9, 2014 6:51 PM, "Vivec" <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Allowing people to just survive doesn't help them escape poverty. > What actually seems to make a difference is giving them money to lift > them out of poverty. > > > http://www.economist.com/news/international/21588385-giving-money-dire > ctly-poor-people-works-surprisingly-well-it-cannot-deal > > On 9 September 2014 18:45, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> > wrote: > > > > > My concern was mostly over long-term dependency abuse: > > > > > > > http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/confronting-the-unsus > tainable-growth-of-welfare-entitlements-principles-of-reform-and-the-n > ext-steps?query=Confronting+the+Unsustainable+Growth+of+Welfare+Entitl > ements:+Principles+of+Reform+and+the+Next+Step#_ftn12 > > > > Food Stamp Expenditures Go To Those With Long-Term Dependence > > > > Percent of Total Food Stamp Spending for Non-Elderly Adults and > > Children, 1979-1998 > > > > 3.4% - Less Than 1 Year of Dependency > > 6.2% - 1 to 2 Years of Dependency > > 20.8% - 2 to 5 Years of Dependency > > 28.9% - 5 to 10 Years of Dependency > > 40.8% - 10+ Years of Dependency > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372270 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm