>>>>>No I don't. I understand you point exactly and I don't have right to your money. But the country you live in does, its part of the price you pay for living there. and currently in the US they may want a bit more.
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>>>>>They are already getting 40% and that is already too much. I am going to stop working and go on the dole - there is no benefit to hard work if I do not get to enjoy a better life because of it.
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>>>>Reading this reminds me that when Solomon started college, I was aggravated that because we'd lived within our means, and driven our cars for years, and not owned vacation homes or boats or planes, he wasn't eligible for any aid, while the kids of other people we knew who'd bought new cars every two years, and so forth, were getting aid. It didn't take me long, though, to realize that my kid would graduate debt-free, while those other kids would spend years paying for college.
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>>>>Similarly, despite your tax burden, even if it goes up, you're living a whole lot better than the people who need help from the government. The image you used earlier (the person on welfare buying T-bones and driving a BMW) is baloney. The idea of the "welfare queen" was promulgated by Reagan to create animosity between classes. Yeah, I'm sure there are a few cheaters out there, but the vast majority of people living on welfare and food stamps are living at a standard well below the way you and I live.
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>>>>Tamar
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>>>For what reason people leaving on welfare and food stamps, even if they are not cheaters, should have the same standard of living as those going to work daily?
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>>I didn't say they should. My point was that Marcia's suggestion that she should stop working and go on the dole meant a drop in her standard of living.
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>>That said, I think every _child_ is entitled to a decent standard of living, no matter what his or her parents do or don't do. Children should not be punished for the sins of their parents.
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>>>Btw, you are mistaken if you think that welfare system abuses are rare. They are widespread and accepted as norm in urban areas.
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>>Evidence? Cite?
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>>Tamar
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>Evidence? I live in urban area and I see it on daily basis. Also, as you probably know, every emigrant group has higher than average welfare enrollment, i.e. I routinely interact with people having first-hand experience of the issue, i.e. how to milk the system in the most efficient way.

I'm not talking about anecdotal evidence. I'm talking about real evidence, collected by observing a large enough sample set to be meaningful.

Tamar