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Old 01-17-2008, 01:24 PM   #1
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Welfare Letter

Dear Guvmint:

This is the best job ever! Alls I gots to do is get pregnant once a year and the money keeps rolling in. Billy Bob only make 5 bucks an hour over washing dishes at the truck stop, but since I been poppin' out these young'uns I get an extra 6000 bucks from our tax return every year. Not to mention the free housing and health care.

Ooops, gotta run...Billy Bob is home on break and wants him a quick somethin'.

Thanks again,

Your ever faithful employee,

Marletta
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Old 01-17-2008, 02:13 PM   #2
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You must work for a social service or a hospital.
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Old 01-17-2008, 02:43 PM   #3
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lol...something like that. I'm not (as you know) completely oblivious to the plight of the poor...but I see so many renderings of the above fabrication that every now and then I just want to smack someone.

I'm so jaded.
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Old 01-17-2008, 07:21 PM   #4
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I'm so jaded.
Funny how many people in the "helping" professions become jaded over the years. I join you.
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Old 01-17-2008, 03:15 PM   #5
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Old 01-17-2008, 03:20 PM   #6
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If there is someone wanting to help there are 10 who want to take advantaged of him/her.
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Old 01-17-2008, 06:50 PM   #7
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If there is someone wanting to help there are 10 who want to take advantaged of him/her.
If there is someone wanting help there are 10 who are taking advantage of him/her.
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:28 PM   #8
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How do we convince poor and/or less educated people to stop reproducing? I'm actually being serious here.
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:35 PM   #9
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How do we convince poor and/or less educated people to stop reproducing? I'm actually being serious here.
I don't believe we can, nor should we try. Maybe a better solution is to give them the education and choices required to prevent unwanted pregnancy. It would be a pretty cheap thing to do and much less expensive then having to pay for another welfare baby. Just my thoughts.
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Old 01-18-2008, 08:34 AM   #10
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I don't believe we can, nor should we try. Maybe a better solution is to give them the education and choices required to prevent unwanted pregnancy. It would be a pretty cheap thing to do and much less expensive then having to pay for another welfare baby. Just my thoughts.
I thought you were being sarcastic when I read this. Then I realised it may not be the case in the US. Trust me, it doesn't work. We have the above and there are still people spawning recklessly and damaging another generation born into poverty, ignorance, bad parenting and all round stupid choices.

I suggest 3 year implants for every girl aged 14 unless there is a specific medical case against it. Okay, there are some who will get pregnant the day after it is removed, but at least they've had a chance to get through basic schooling by then.
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Old 01-18-2008, 12:15 PM   #11
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How do we convince poor and/or less educated people to stop reproducing? I'm actually being serious here.
What worked for you?
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Old 01-19-2008, 07:58 PM   #12
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What worked for you?
Damn, V...that was cold.

I'm cut from a different cloth...I've never wanted kids, so I was religious about contraception.
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:35 PM   #13
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You mean the "you don't deserve to have children" message won't work?
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Old 01-17-2008, 08:37 PM   #14
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Well we did try a bit of Eugenics in the US before so it might work, but how would you convince the bleeding hearts?
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Old 01-17-2008, 11:41 PM   #15
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How do we convince poor and/or less educated people to stop reproducing? I'm actually being serious here.
Well, the straightforward action would be to take away all incentives that come with having them--no more tax credits, no more welfare...

But there's that pesky also-hurts-the-innocent-kids side to it.
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