Rich Thomas wrote: > > Don't work, no money, get fat. Work hard, make money, stay skinny. What > a country!
We get a certain economic vigor from immigrants. They are more motivated than the average bear, or they'd still be sitting in the same place they were born. Unfortunately, at least with Mexicans, the 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants often pick up the worst of the lower class American habits. I have no idea how many generations Ms Nunez's family was here, but if she's forty and her dad retired after 45 years at GM, she's a natural citizen of the USSA. The original title to the NPR article was "For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach", which left me thinking "of course she can't reach it, her arm's too heavy to lift" and "it sure looks like plenty of some calorie source is in her reach". When you get into the details of the story, she has more free spending cash than a lot of taxpaying workers. She gets housing, $102 in food stamps and $637 in cash. Obviously, a 400lb manatee consumes more than $100 a month in food, but even if she pays $300 a month for food she's got about $440 a month after food, medical, and housing to pay for utilities, clothes, etc. I know somebody who would gladly trade places with this cow. She works at WalMart, takes home about $800 a month after taxes, pays $500 a month in rent, and gets taken to the cleaners by medical care providers who would accept far less if insurance or medicaid was paying for it. Her idea of a good week is when she has $20 left over to put in her gas tank to drive to work on. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
