[Ask the Gulch] What if any opinions do you have about Welfare? I read somewhere that the number of Americans on food stamps has increased substantially? Can those of individualist mindsets condone welfare, if the person on welfare finds productive work?
Posted by mothyspace 8 years, 9 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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Welfare officials on the other hand have a vested interest in growing the program as much as possible as the resource from which they draw is not finite and the more resources the handle...the grater the staffs, salaries and perks.
On the other hand, he is the kind of person who will spend thousands of dollars to save the life of one of his pets. Maybe I'm just a cold-hearted bastard?
The strong arming was what one Sergeant Major explained as stuff rolls down hill. You are at the bottom. If you prefer not to be buried in a bill pile of stuff pony up. That means negarive efficency reports,, No recommendations for promotions, Finding yourself on the duty roster for everything and anything especially on weekends and holidays. In front of the unit were signs on what percent has complied. Not only this stuff but passing Physical Training Tests, weapons qualifications,. you name it. We had people in casts runing six minute miles on their records. Shooting Expert while they were on annual leave, The people up the hill would catch the same stuff if those 100% signs were not out front on time and they were inspected.
But it was still a Protection Racket under RICO statutes.
We had our oaths of office but we als had a dark side that started with some General saying..."if we got everyone in the Army to donate one dollar a month." Then appointing a project or officer.
The Sergeant Major finished his speil with "think of it as purchasing $5.37 worth of non-harrassment or get ready for guard duty. Since you will be the only one on the duty roster you will get the duty every night.." Add in Kitchen Police and stuff like that you'll be busy until aren't a soldier anymore and still be a Private. "
Translate that program into other fudging on the honor codes you end up with careerists instead of leaders..
However, if it must exist, recipients should forgo the right to vote in any election following a period they've received welfare.
Also if it has to exist, I favor a privately managed work program rather than welfare, where group of companies is contracted to employ and train people in some manner not to rather than just hand outs.
There is always some work out there. Better to get the proposed welfare recipients that have some skills to go out and look for work somewhere. Free lunches only promote sitting around and not finding work.
It was very much a boot camp lite compared to what I went through at Parris Island.
I was taught a lot of BS that did not apply to real prison work but that's another story.
At the end of this training came the final exam. To flunk it meant to get fired. I made a high grade.
But before we took it, word began to buzz that several blacks were going to flunk it on purpose. That was hard to believe the way we were now all looking so sharp marching about with a banner held before us.
Turned out to be true. There they were standing in a group of about a dozen blinking back at us before they were told to go pack and skedaddle to apply for their unemployment checks.
Suppose every class provides room and board to such wait to fail the final exam moochers who are also trained to shoot along with some hand-to-hand combat.
As for medicare being something you actually pay for, that's just totally untrue. There's no way the few dollars that we have stolen from our paychecks could EVER pay for our medical insurance as we get older.
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