PoliticalChic
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Yeah, being poor in America is awesome
Poor, as defined as no home, no heat, no food.....
....know any one like that?
I do.
Several. They are there if you actually look. But...you know...you have to open your eyes.
That's why I started a charitible organization many years ago. But our resources were not able to meet all the need. I had to make tough choices on who to help and who I had to turn down due to the limits of the donations we received.
Does that mean there are no leeches or welchers? No.
But your logic seems to believe that if you find a leech, that everyone who gets help is a leech. That's some piss poor thinking.
You also seem to think that if you find a leech that means the government has created an unhealthy dependency in everyone who receives help. That is also piss poor thinking.
This is not an either/or proposition. There is a balance.
So even though I have helped many people in dire straits, that does not mean I do not feel anything but contempt for street beggars who are young and able-bodied. But conversely, just because there are able-bodied leeches at road intersections does not mean I write them large upon the entire needy population.
The irony is that the government does not have the manpower to do all the due diligence it takes to ensure those who are truly needy get help and those who are not don't.
I was extremely thorough with my due diligence because I knew that one single case of someone taking advantage of our generosity would destroy our credibility. But that took a great deal of work, and not everyone is as good at it as I am.
1. "Several. They are there if you actually look. But...you know...you have to open your eyes."
You have proven my point....
...is this where I indicate that, in addition to the problem of yours that I pointed out earlier, you have a problem with mathematics?
Several.
Now, study this:
"The number stated that receive any portion of their support from from welfare assistance--including food stamps--it is 29,900,000 or roughly 8% of the total population in the United States.
Read more: What percentage of people in US are on welfare
Do you see the discrepancy? But...you know...you have to open your eyes.
2. "That's why I started a charitible organization many years ago."
That is the blessing of America....people like you, who make that kind of effort.
"I was extremely thorough with my due diligence..."
You deserve credit for your work, and for your intelligent approach to same.
BTW...do you know how much Americans give to charity....voluntarily..?
"Last year Americans gave $300 billion to charity. To put this into perspective, that is almost twice what we spent on consumer electronics equipmentequipment including cell phones, iPods and DVD players. Americans gave three times as much to charity last year as we spent on gambling and ten times as much as we spent on professional sports. America is by far the most charitable country in the world. There is no other country that comes close."
https://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2010&month=01
3. As it seems that you have missed the essence my view, let me summarize same.
There exists a 'big government' faction that hopes to ever-increase the numbers accepting largesse. This largesse can only be provided by taking from those who earn, and transferring to those who don't.
And, the way to do so is to convince the earners that there are folks who are poor.
Poverty is no home, no food, no heat.
There are almost none such. You indicated it as 'several.' Not millions.
The millions identified by big government as 'poor' are more correctly characterized as having a bit less.