Now you take a woman that was beat down from day one. Kicked out at 15. Two babies by 19, and not one person to ever help her. If she can get to the welfare place they tell her a dozen times to "bring in something else".
"How's this gal gonna get a sitter for the kids to even take a job?
The job she gets is min. wage, and part time (so the employer doesn't have to insure her). The food stamps she does get pay only for the cheapest crap food you can buy. The churches give out what the parishioner's give... Canned pumpkin.
Someone (like me) gives her a scooter so she can regain some sense of worth. One week later some cop "just doing his job" takes the scoot. Leaves her w/ a sh** ton of tickets she can Never pay, and she looses her job.
WHY? Cause the ones that can afford to pay INSIST that she pays her way too. You can't get blood from a stone. Oddly enough al lot of these broken stones are much better people inside than a lot of the "pillars" of our communities. "
There are a lot of unfortunate people all over the world who could use some help: Let me take it from rhetoric to action; How many of you that lament these so called injustices actually give more than your words to the problem? Do you donate your time at all in the community to help relief organization and the needy, or do you just talk about it? Do YOU donate to the local Churches by tithes, offerings or to put GOOD food in their community food banks? Do you voluntarily pay more city/ state. federal taxes every year--you know, to help the economy?
The "canned pumpkin" comment made me laugh:) It is not the truth, but what on this forum can be taken for truth or just tongue in cheek?
We have tons of relief and charitable organizations where I live. As in my Church and others, the shelves are flowing with for an example, Sausage patties and links, fresh eggs, all types of bread products, pastas, canned and fresh vegetables and the same for fruit and last but not least the ever popular pastries!
The needy, with NO MEANS TESTING by the way are just invited to come in and load up of food stuffs--no accounting and no problem.
Almost every Church in town has a food bank and lots of the non-profit relief agencies have free hot meals daily.
The Salvation Army in my town also provides many other benefits to the needy, even needy travelers--no questions asked. Hot and nutritious meals are served every day at noon. Job counseling, family planning, fun nights for kids, help with rent, gas and electric bills and prescriptions--etc etc. Spiritual counseling is also provided for the troubled and anyone else asking for it.
I have been involved, on a voluntary basis with the Salvation Army since 1995 in emergency communications (KF6GUW) and have been a member of their advisory board for about 10 years and Chairman of the Board for 8 years. I am also involved with other Churches and relief organizations and their food banks and outreach services. I really do so little compared to some but I try.
We, the SA are giving away free turkey's and food boxes for Thanksgiving, the same for Christmas, with the addition of lots of new toys for the children.
My Church, is also involved with supporting the needy in many ways to become nourished physically and spiritually!!!!!
All of this sounds a little more substantial than a can of pumpkin pulp, which isn't bad if one wants a delicious pumpkin pie!
So, have the rest of you examined your hearts and found that just talking about problems does nothing--unless you are free associating in your Psychiatrists office:)
DO SOMETHING to help rectify these perceived social ills: Actually buy some needy person a scooter, with full insurance coverage, a nice helmet and some riding instructions and maybe some gasoline once in a while. Help stock you local food banks, donate your time and MONEY to actually help others, teach a literacy class, a computer class or cut grass for someone.
The "Welfare Queen" job is highly sought after in this twisted society, with all of the free goodies and it's hard to kick the habit of living on other peoples tax money.
By the way, the LEO's can't selectively just make arbitrary decisions to not pull some people over based on an assumed social deficit issue. Maybe some would want the poor to be forced to wear a bright green jacket with a big 'W' stenciled on it, so Law enforcement could just leave them alone.
If you want to change society then do something to change it in a POSITIVE way.
Sam:)
