I, uh, I agree. With Dana! I agree with Dana! :)

He got it automatically -he's British.

lol bloody hell, someone grab a calendar and mark this momentous event :P

I admit, I don't know the first thing about how things work on YOUR Island, but I wonder if your phraseology is accurate. You say 'tax payers have given to the wealthy.' Would it be more accurate to say 'millions of their earnings that you've allowed them to keep'?

Personally, I hadn't thought of it that way, but that is probably an accurate statement.

I was referring to the rescue packages for banks etc.

Ah...she needs to join The Cellar, and have you lot walk her through the process (like you did with me). Thanks, again! Loving my new job.

Even at 10% I don't find that dollar amount to minor. Maybe the UK's burden as a percentage of the total tax amount is smaller, but I am pretty sure Calif has a budget larger than the UK. So no, it is not an "extremely minor" amount of money.

Flint, the Cellar is a helpful place, no doubt.

But you wanted that job, and you looked for resources to help you get it. You interviewed for it, and hit it out of the park.

The resources are almost always available to those who are willing & able to make the effort to look for them.

Shhh. he thinks he owes us, don't blow this.

I agree that welfare should only be given to those who truly need it. I think it harms the recipient far more than it harms society as a whole.

On the other hand, don't count on fixing welfare to make a big dent in your tax dollars (in the US). Do a google search for "government spending pie chart" and/or "government spending welfare".

I found this interesting. I know they have a bias, but it's certainly not hidden. They also supply the sources for their figures.

A giant drug-addicted alcoholic part-time blow-job giver for drugs and alcohol was worried that they were going to take away her welfare, or whatever it was. She was afraid she might have to look for a J-O-B. Someone asked her "when was the last time you worked?" She thought for a second and said "Nahnteen Sebenty Nahn."

Seriously.

At least she worked.

Most of the worthless turds I deal with on a regular basis haven't ever worked.

A fellow cheered my heart yesterday ... he had missed his outpatient appointments and need a prescription for his meds from our doc. Why had he missed outpatient? Not the usual reasons ... oversleeping, too stoned, too drunk, etc.

He was working.

Jobs are few and far between for landscapers right now, even more than it would usually be as we are in the transitional season between grass and snow, so he's taking every opportunity he can ... his outpatient center can't get him appointments that match his schedule better, and since he has to work to eat (and real work, not something like being self employed in the personal entertainment services industry), he's skipping outpatient. He recognized that he was getting a little paranoid without his meds and came in. So he could keep working.

I have truly rarely seen the like.

Heh...true!

I feel for those who struggle like your outpatient guy...kudos to him for trying!

From dar's link. It doesn't break down the actual welfare #'s exactly, but 1/3 for that which is wrought with fraud (IMO) is still a heck of a lot. Of course so is the defense portion.