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[Karee 4,191]

Of course there's more to the issue than just money. I never once claimed or implied money fixes all problems. I just said it would be required. People seem to want this issue to resolve itself without actually funding it.

The money is already there. Lots of it!

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Benefits.shtml

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Hey Evylin, can you pick an avatar and stick with it? You're confusing me!!!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Hey Evylin, can you pick an avatar and stick with it? You're confusing me!!!

I'm done.

[himher 634]

I wasn't talking to you sport but since you provided input here is the need for the disclaimer.

Disclaimers are needed during discussion among groups who instantly jump to their own defense even if they were not referenced.

Disclaimers are needed during discussion among groups who howl "racism" at the very suggestion of any type of self-sufficiency such as the mere observation that they, like everyone else, have a right to defend themselves.

Thanks for asking.

Just a guess, but maybe you wouldn't need a disclaimer if you wouldn't try so hard to paint everyone who isn't like you in such broad strokes. There are some liberals that have a more conservative stance on certain issues, and vice versa. Not everything is black and white(pun intended).

Try using equal parts logic and compassion, your message will go a lot further and reach more people if you talk to people, not at them.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

"sport"

Don't you love when you reach the point in an argument where one side feels the need to come up with condescending nicknames for you?

[himher 634]

LOL are you offended again?

Can you suggest a better comparison for people who have to be fed, watered, and sheltered at the expense of other people? If so please advise.

what's this fascination you have with comparing people to animals?

Sport is not a condescending nickname

"sport"

Don't you love when you reach the point in an argument where one side feels the need to come up with condescending nicknames for you?

[decocker 7,198]

LOL are you offended again?

Can you suggest a better comparison for people who have to be fed, watered, and sheltered at the expense of other people? If so please advise.

offended? flaming ignorance isn't offensive, it's sad.

do you have any idea how the world functions? we are ALL fed, watered, and sheltered at the expense of someone else. so why would i suggest a comparison? i don't need to liken people to animals. people are people, try some compassion.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

You're right, plenty of adults call each other 'sport' during a discussion.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Money IS required to fix the issue, is it not? I don't ever hear you complain about the billions of dollars being wasted on wars we shouldn't be in, but I hear you complain DAILY about the assistance people in THIS country receive.

I want a better quality of life for them and not be dependent on the government as well. But they need a chance. There's nothing they can do where they are, in the majority of their neighborhoods. Not a lot of people CHOOSE to be poor. Sure, some are lazy and love abusing the system, but I think if you gave the majority a chance, they'd love to go to school, receive an education, and work a job that will support them and their families but they do not have the opportunity to do so.

Ok just for the record I am against all the wars we have been in for the last 10 years or so and all the money wasted on them. I am against programs that all the pork we waste like the Federal flood insurance program that subsdizes rich people building houses at the beach.

How did all these poor people all get in the fix they are in . It's like losing weight. the first think you got to do is stop eating too much. Then exercise .

offended? flaming ignorance isn't offensive, it's sad.

do you have any idea how the world functions? we are ALL fed, watered, and sheltered at the expense of someone else. so why would i suggest a comparison? i don't need to liken people to animals. people are people, try some compassion.

Other people bear the expense for my food, water and shelter. Oh I can't wait to hear this.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

How did all these poor people all get in the fix they are in . It's like losing weight. the first think you got to do is stop eating too much. Then exercise .

A lot of them were born into it. Like I said, poverty breeds poverty. It's all they've ever known. Those neighborhoods aren't full of people who had decent jobs and a decent education and then lost them. They're people who never had those things or an opportunity to have them in the first place.

Would would you have those people do?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

You're right, plenty of adults call each other 'sport' during a discussion.

it's common here. Maybe not in Britain. P.S. I am with STU I recognize people by their icons. Please stop

[Penny Lane 8,159]

it's common here. Maybe not in Britain. P.S. I am with STU I recognize people by their icons. Please stop

Learn names.

And learn that Canada isn't Britain.

[Teddy B 17,252]

You're right, plenty of adults call each other 'sport' during a discussion.

I'm holding out hope that him/her will soon figure out that the retort part of his/her posts is suppose to come after the quote. Much more effective that way.

[JensJrny2Ray 367]

it's common here. Maybe not in Britain. P.S. I am with STU I recognize people by their icons. Please stop

In the context it was given, it was pretty sarcastic.

Also, unless you have been poor and on welfare, then you have no idea how hard it is to get out of the cycle of poverty.

[decocker 7,198]

Other people bear the expense for my food, water and shelter. Oh I can't wait to hear this.

that doesn't mean you don't work for what you've got, it means that living is a collective effort. and thriving is most certainly a collective effort, always on the backs of the not so fortunate.

you would not have the food you eat, the water you drink or a place to rest your head if not for the work of another person. unless you are completely off the grid, other people's labor (and usually foreign/barely compensated) - contributes to your well being.