Lori, I agree with you in part. What is the incentive for a mother or father to go to work, pay child care, and leave their kids for a wage less than can be had on welfare? I believe as a society we have an obligation to lend a helping hand, to take care of our elderly and disabled. However, I believe that our system needs to be revamped. Every one has stories of people who have abused the system, and those that have been abused by the system. This happens to often for this to be a good system, there has to be a better way. Any one care to offer a suggestion? Kasey
Welfare or unemployment? Try living on the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour!! At 40 hours per week (IF you get to work that many hours) for 52 weeks per year, that's a whopping $10,712 annually. The U.S. minimum wage hasn't been raised since 9/1/97, and everytime it comes up for increase there's a huge effort to disallow it. (Want to guess who's usually behind that effort?) In the wealthiest country on the planet, it's a fecking disgrace. LoriGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
