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Originally posted by ktsnake
I agree. My youngest brother lives in an apartment complex near Oklahoma U that is mostly section 8. The folks there have been kind enough to instruct him on how to get on welfare and stay on welfare for an indefinite period of time. No one there works, they mostly sit on their fat asses and apply for jobs every so often, then go screw up the interview on purpose. If they do happen to get jobs, they just don't show up.
Social workers are not encouraged to question this. They are just supposed to pass out the benefits packages and not ask questions. Our welfare system has done too much to let people get fat, dumb, happy and lazy. We've institutionalized poverty to the point that for many, being on welfare gets them a better standard of living than actually having a job and trying to pay their own bills would.
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Obviously spoken by someone who has never taken a social welfare organization & policy course. I am sorry but as a Social Worker I strongly disagree with your ignorant post. We are not encouraged to "look the other way" and "not ask questions". Do you understand how stereotypical and down right disgusting your post is? Do you actually believe that most poor people are happy being on welfare and making their couple dollars per month? I am sorry but you are sadly mistaken, being on welfare and public assistance does not give anyone a "better standard of living". I encourage you to join me on any typcial day "in the field" to see the sad reality of what many poor people in our society are up against. How do you expect people to get jobs that have no skills? And how do you expect people to be able to make a decent living on low paying jobs such as working at McDonald's? Then what about the majority of people who are poor because they are disabled or have mental illness who CANNOT work. Shame on you KTSNAKE. I think you need to do some research.