To: processing please hold
My dear FRiend...I've lived in a tent and in a homeless shelter, and I even paid what rent I could when there. I have given more to charity/non-profits than I make in a year at my current position. And when in the position to have children, I never had ones I couldn't afford (IOW, I had none). I have never been a beggar, but don't talk down to me like that. My comment was simply a spoof against your argument on another thread that layaway is the salvation of poor people, rather than a cost to all.
Besides, I'm in the US...if a beggar walks up to me, hand out, I can simply say, "go ask the State for my money...that's where it is..." They've taken over the role of private charity.
27 posted on
11/22/2006 4:29:09 PM PST by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: processing please hold
Was meant to be a private message, but oh well...
29 posted on
11/22/2006 4:31:26 PM PST by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Gondring
if a beggar walks up to me, hand out, I can simply say, "go ask the State for my money...that's where it is...That's where you and I differ then. I've never turned them down.
We've been homeless ourselves. Lived in a car with three small children till we had enough to get a motel with a kitchenette. Been there done that, which is why we help others when we can. Being poor sucks, especially if you don't suck on the state's teat.
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