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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	So, what you're saying is .....
	Date:	12/3/2011 7:49:03 AM

You want children to get nothing for Christmas so they can experience "reality". I'd rather have them not learn that particular lesson so early in life. I'd rather have them continue to believe in Santa or at least in the kindness of strangers.

Look, I know there are people out there that bleed the system dry. And that ticks me off as much as anyone. I've got a distant cousin who hasn't worked since he was in his 20's because he has been collecting SS disability and a small VA pension for agent orange exposure. And there isn't a thing that would keep him from getting a job. That ticks me off, and if it was in my personal power, I would cut him off in a heartbeat.
And those welfare women who pop out children with no regard as to how they are going to support them? I would personally enjoy being the one to tell them the gravy train has stopped.

But, I know a woman and her husband who ended up in a downward spiral when he lost his arm in a workplace accident. Then he lost his job, and couldn't find another one. They ended up on public assistance. Eventually, he got another job. And they got back on their feet.