Minnesota Republicans want legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more $20 cash. (conspiracy, cost)
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I've lived in several cities and towns in this country as a regular renter and the landlords have always requested checks.
If you were a poor person who could not pay in cash, you would figure out how to find a place that takes something other than checks if you did not have enough money to have a checking account and thus pay by check. Where there's a will, there's a way, are you familiar with that phrase? Omigosh this is really giving me a headache now. You people are so dense.
I think its very telling indeed how the cons assume that if rich people come into money they're going to do responsible stuff with it like creating jobs and such but when poor people come into money they're going to spend it all on drugs and booze
That's because many of them assume that all poor are the same after they have met like 5 of us. Yes, there are bad elements (as with ANY group), but most poor are just honest people down on their luck. Their vitriol simply comes from middle- and upper-class hatred of the poor, as they assume that *anyone* can move up the class ladder easy-peasy (which, needless to say, is a big load of dog doo). I am poor myself, and get gov't assistance, and guess what? I'm a college student! Never used drugs, never drank, never smoked... and never plan to. Better call Ripley's!
If I knew, do you think I would have posted that? NO.
No. You would have avoided that anyway.
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Even if you can't buy a bus pass with a debit card, there is always walking and biking, that you cannot have a nasty answer for.
If you can read and comprehend, and not ignore my posts, you would have learned the problems with your relentless assumptions. Go back and you just might see my post on that subject.
The main problem in poverty is that the gov't allows it to continue with all these handouts. Waiting list for section 8? Two more years of being poor, then you can have it, and while you're on it, you will have to continue being poor!
This addresses drug abuse and welfare.
NIAAA Researchers Estimate Alcohol and Drug Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Welfare Recipients (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/welfare.htm - broken link)
This is an example of a program to help those on section 8 become self-sufficient.
If you can read and comprehend, and not ignore my posts, you would have learned the problems with your relentless assumptions. Go back and you just might see my post on that subject.
There's nothing to avoid, and again, I don't know what you're referring to. Are we reading the same thread?
Seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about. I have read every single post on here. If you say you have already answered all the questions posed to you, how about some links to your responses?
And so are you. However, I have answered the questions directly and asked you to apply the same logic you expect from others, that is the opposite of deflection.
Please try not to speak for others. Besides, you didn’t ask Gobrien for stats, he is asking you (and I did too) to understand how you draw the conclusions that you do.
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Originally Posted by andrea3821
There's nothing to avoid, and again, I don't know what you're referring to. Are we reading the same thread?
Seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about. I have read every single post on here. If you say you have already answered all the questions posed to you, how about some links to your responses?
Yes, same thread. The myth and assumptions you maintain about knowing every aspect of others’ life have led you to discount any counter argument. And it is also the premise of the one question you’ve been running around with. The answer to that is right here, and has been provided before: the myth and assumptions held by you, and substantiated by a personal experience I mentioned earlier in the thread when I was responding to meaningful posts.
So, now may be a good time for you to answer to at least one of my questions? Have you ever taken more than $20 from an ATM (much less in a month)?
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Where there's a will, there's a way, are you familiar with that phrase? Omigosh this is really giving me a headache now. You people are so dense.
