The life of a welfare queen

[Minimalist]

No. I said it. You simply said (way too broadly) that people on welfare were "irresponsible" with birth control and I pointed out that the republicunts are perfectly willing to take that opportunity for irresponsibility away from them.

[c172]

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Not all "charities" are run as efficiently as you seem to think.

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyi...es-america

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But it is safe to say that all donors give money not to pay for office supplies and inflated salaries for executives (check out MainStreet's overview of the highest-paid charity CEOs), but rather to the programs that charities undertake to further their goals. It is with this philosophy that we highlight the 20 charities in the U.S. with the highest administrative costs, to show which groups take the most of each donated dollar for themselves, in some cases leaving less than half for the intended recipients of aid.

This is without even considering so-called "not-for-profit" hospitals!

I kind of wonder about Big Cancer. You know, Komen and those charities. Evvvvvvvverybody likes to donate to cancer, and wear pink to events, and whatever else. But, yet, we still have just as much cancer as before, don't we? Sure seems like it. Hell, this might be its own thread.

[Minimalist]

There has been a small decrease in the death rate from cancer and many more people are living longer with it BUT, many of the gains are cancelled out by the fact that people are living longer and we are still dealing with the effects of rampant smoking, sun tanning, industrial exposure to chemicals, etc.

The general use of statin drugs coupled with lifestyle changes associated with the prescription of such drugs has led to a significant decrease in death from heart disease. All that means though is that bodies are living longer and having time to develop dementia and various cancers. For example, one of the most significant risks for developing prostate cancer is being older than 65. If someone has a heart attack at age 60 he would not have become a statistic for prostate cancer five years later.

It's a complex situation.

[Lemonvariable72]

No. I said it. You simply said (way too broadly) that people on welfare were "irresponsible" with birth control and I pointed out that the republicunts are perfectly willing to take that opportunity for irresponsibility away from them.

Oh I agree that is damn stupid. These people are so sad that they make Harper look good by comparison

[Napoléon]

no one can live off of the government and I mean NO one

Maybe not yours, but I know plenty of people who are living off of my government.

[Cato]

I'm linking an article from Slate that does an excellent job of exposing the origin of Reagan's 'welfare queen' schtick. The gist is that there are individuals that take advantage of the system; however, generalizing about widespread fraud in the name of the now stereotyped 'welfare queen' is misguided.

Lengthy piece, but well worth the read.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...llain.html

[Rev. Rye]

Here's the corrected link:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...llain.html

The one you linked to is a 404. And, seriously, she was responsible for assault, theft, child abduction, and out-and-out murder, and the thing people latch onto is the welfare fraud? That would be like FDR finding out about Al Capone getting arrested on income tax evasion and using that as a way to justify getting tough on tax fraud. Politicians are fucked up.

[Sejanus]

I got a 404 from both.

[Belac Enrobso]

HA! You think you got it bad.

I live with my parents just like this guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR_mjFzTOt8

[Rev. Rye]

I got a 404 from both.

I can only assume that Slate is prohibiting us from hotlinking to the article.