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manfmmd
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April 27th, @02:15PM

reply to tsu
Re: We are getting there

[rant on]

Are these the same "poorer subscribers" that are driving around Escalades and buying their food with food stamps? Collecting wages "under the table" and collecting welfare? Having more children than they can support? Please!

[rant off]


tsu

join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
No.

You sure have some funny ideas of what "poor" means, and I'm sure some people abuse a system that means well, but I was talking about the honest folks that have inexpensive dial-up, as that is all their budget can possibly allow.


Michieru
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
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reply to manfmmd
While that was not directed to me I understand how you feel on this one.

There shall be abusers to the system in any level. I know this for a fact because we see it every day, instead of cutting off welfare and other services I believe the services provide should be strict for the intended purposes.

One example is instead of giving out checks which people can cash into there accounts let the government give out debit cards but they also must use a certain amount on food and clothing, utility bills and with a small amount for misc items.

There are other ways to solve this instead of just cutting it off like that idiotic politician on CNN said. The system must be more strict and give out the money to the people who really need it.

Also some people have more than just one child some could have 2,3 even 4 or more there first time. It's not something the parents probably would not of known until it was too late.

So that last sentence was ignorant at best.

NDPTAL85

join:2002-01-23
Boston, MA

The last sentence wasn't ignorant. Twins are rare, triplets rarer and quadruplets are rarer still and the original poster surely wasn't talking about these cases. He was talking about people who have 4 or 5 kids, all years apart from each other when they're poor and can't afford to take care of ONE kid. In addition to that, even the poor get sonograms and would know well before the birth of those kids if they were carrying multiples or not and at that point have the option of selectively aborting.

So they have many options, they're just too stupid to use them.


Michieru
zzz zzz zzz
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join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL
"even the poor get sonograms"

If they have health care sure, if not they need to pay $300 for one.
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