>>>>There would be some sweetness in seeing you two fall on hard times (temporarily of course)
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>>>>And what makes you think that I have never seen hard times? You do not know me from Adam, so if I were you I would be very careful about the assumptions I make about anyone that I do not know.
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>>>>Quite frankly, wishing harm or ill-will toward anyone is nasty, disgusting and uncalled for. This just reveals the true nature of your character.
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>>>Marcia. I hope you noticed I said temporarily.
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>>>A lot of people have very strong opinions about welfare systems until they may need to call on them. You don't know the net is there until you drop into it.
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>>there was a time after I exited the military that I could not find a job. I gathered trash metal from the sides of roads and trash piles to sell to feed my kids. I went to apply for welfare benefits until I could get on my feet, but being a single father, the wrong sex, the wrong color and wrong race, of course, I was denied. So I found 3 part-time jobs that I worked for 13 months, until I could get a full-time job. You do what you have to do to survive.
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>>Mike needs to learn this lesson, but the ingrained demo liberal mentality tells him that the gov't should take care of him... after all he deserves it...
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>You are dead wrong. I was raised to be self reliant and I always have been until now. And I can't wait for that to change. Do you think I like this?!
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>If anyone wants to give me a job, I'll take it. How's that? My VFP and SQL Server skills are pretty good and .NET is not bad. I'm not asking for a handout.


See there you go... Give me..... how about you earn it...