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Originally posted by sperbonzo
dig420 I find it interesting that you attach race with welfare....I never did, and I don't in my mind either. I'm perfectly aware of the facts regarding welfare in this country. I try to read sources from ALL sides of the issue, not just the once that reinforce my own pre-existingviews.
As for me being on welfare someday....you should be careful to know the person you're talking to. After the Gulf war, when I got out of the army, I WAS homeless, broke, and jobless in LA (in 93 when the unemployment rate was 14%). I did what it took to get myself a job. I dug through the trash to get the classifieds, I walked up to 10 miles to go to interviews (hiding my stuff in the dumpster behind the building. After a few months I got a job and I got out of the city park where I was sleeping. A few months later I became the assist manager of the phone room. I went back to the park and offered EVERY single person that I had known there a job. Not ONE showed up.
Now, 10 years later, I have worked my ass off.....I have a brand new 330 ci convertable, a boat, and a place on the water in Miami. Nobody gave me shit....and I worked like a mother f$#@ to get here. (I haven't had a vacation in about 4 years).
So don't tell me about what would happen if my luck changed. I already know. I would work my ass off and get myself out of it.
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What if you got cancer before you made your money? Or lost your legs or went blind in the gulf war. Any of your war buddies have Gulf War Syndrom? How's the GOP taking care of them now? I fail to see how tax breaks for Enron will help them, but maybe I'm stupid.