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robertthebard · 02-01-2007, 02:19 AM

Casual observation; I stayed with a girl that I had considered my sister for 15 years prior to moving into this apartment. At the time, I was working full time +, and couldn't be bothered to supervise what she and her crackhead friends were doing. After losing about 2,000.00 of personal property, including tools that I used to make money on the side, I moved before I had to catch a felony wrap.

Factoid 2: I worked at a small "Mom and Pop" mechanic shop for a couple of years, and while there, the crackheads would bring in huge cuts of meat that they bought with their foodstamps, to get more money for drugs.

Nutshell: It doesn't matter how much money they have, addicts are addicts, and will commit crimes to get the fix they need. Social programs won't stem the crime rate, not here. Prior to all cash assistance being paid out in direct deposit to a bank account, welfare checks were being stolen to support drug habits.

Prisons are paid for, whether somebody is in them or not, they have employees, and those employees don't get paid any more for supervising 100, or 1,000 inmates, and they don't get paid all that well. Personally, I think the drug testing for benefits would be a great idea. It would get a lot of the spongers off of the social programs, and maybe allow the people that really need them to get them. I know a few women that have multiple children, just to get a welfare check, so that they don't have to work. There's nothing wrong with them, other than they want to sit home and party, instead of getting a job. Drug tests would cut that out.

I've lived life on the wrong side of the tracks. I can tell you from personal experience that a lot of people drawing these benefits don't need them. I know one girl that got an Social Security check because she was stupid. Not handicapped, just stupid. She knew the drugs were doing her in, but she just kept doing them anyway. She got caught out, and got clean and what do you know, she's got a decent job now, working in the aircraft industry. Sometimes, taking away the crutch is the only way to make somebody walk.

02-01-2007, 02:19 AM	#19
robertthebard Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: March 17, 2001 Location: Wichita, KS USA Age: 62 Posts: 4,537	Casual observation; I stayed with a girl that I had considered my sister for 15 years prior to moving into this apartment. At the time, I was working full time +, and couldn't be bothered to supervise what she and her crackhead friends were doing. After losing about 2,000.00 of personal property, including tools that I used to make money on the side, I moved before I had to catch a felony wrap. Factoid 2: I worked at a small "Mom and Pop" mechanic shop for a couple of years, and while there, the crackheads would bring in huge cuts of meat that they bought with their foodstamps, to get more money for drugs. Nutshell: It doesn't matter how much money they have, addicts are addicts, and will commit crimes to get the fix they need. Social programs won't stem the crime rate, not here. Prior to all cash assistance being paid out in direct deposit to a bank account, welfare checks were being stolen to support drug habits. Prisons are paid for, whether somebody is in them or not, they have employees, and those employees don't get paid any more for supervising 100, or 1,000 inmates, and they don't get paid all that well. Personally, I think the drug testing for benefits would be a great idea. It would get a lot of the spongers off of the social programs, and maybe allow the people that really need them to get them. I know a few women that have multiple children, just to get a welfare check, so that they don't have to work. There's nothing wrong with them, other than they want to sit home and party, instead of getting a job. Drug tests would cut that out. I've lived life on the wrong side of the tracks. I can tell you from personal experience that a lot of people drawing these benefits don't need them. I know one girl that got an Social Security check because she was stupid. Not handicapped, just stupid. She knew the drugs were doing her in, but she just kept doing them anyway. She got caught out, and got clean and what do you know, she's got a decent job now, working in the aircraft industry. Sometimes, taking away the crutch is the only way to make somebody walk. __________________ To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Interesting read, one of my blogs.