Do people need a reason to SAH?

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Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am

This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.

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Registered: 08-22-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 5:49pm

WIC's Mission:

To safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

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Registered: 06-24-2008
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 5:51pm
I really don't get people who do this. Why do people think it's ok to expect others to work to support their kids when they aren't willing to lift a finger themselves. They are your kids and YOUR responsibility first. What kind of parent expects others to go to work to foot the bill when they won't work to do it themselves?



People act differently from you when they have different personalities, when they are born into different circumstances, are given different or fewer opportunities, grow up in a different culture and are taught different lessons than you. Also when they run into different life circumstances along the way. Basically, their behavior does not make sense to you because you are not trying to walk in their shoes.

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

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Registered: 12-04-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 5:55pm

Not if you're taking medical insurance from the government.

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Registered: 12-04-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:01pm

They have rights to them.

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Registered: 06-24-2008
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:04pm
It doesn't matter. The system doesn't exist to support someone's misguided belief that they are entitled to others supporting them.



Yes, it does.



It exists for those who are, truely, in need through no fault of their own.



Them too.



Choosing not to work, for whatever reason, while holding your hand out is stealing.



No, it's not. There is no test of "feel on hard times but well intentioned" vs. "entitled" when determining who gets the handout. We simply do NOT base it on that at all.



It is, completely, against the intent of the system. The system cannot differentiate between those who are unable to work and those who are too lazy to work, however, for the sake of the children.



This is a contradiction. If the intent of the system is to only provide for those who are willing and unable, then the system would distinguish and reward those individuals, and not provide anything to those who have a sense of entitlement to the hand out. However, since the system wants to provide handouts for the sake of children and others who do need it, the system refuses to distinguish between the two groups. Therefore, the intent of the system is what the system does, provide for the needy even if they feel entitled.

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

John W. Gardner



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Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:06pm

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I agree. Of course, we shouldn't discount those who do have an education, but due to the economy are only able to find near-minimum-wage jobs at the moment. (Heaven help anyone with a bachelor's degree in psychology, LOL.)

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Again, I agree.
As an aside, I can only imagine what would happen if all schools cost the same as daycares. Really, the only thing I find attractive about public school is the idea of 7 hours a day of free childcare.













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Registered: 12-04-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:06pm
The issue at hand is the fact that some people create the situation where help is needed
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Registered: 06-24-2008
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:14pm
....but to take when you do nothing to help your own kids is wrong on many levels. Unfortunately, some people don't care about right and wrong if it gets them what they want.



It sounds like in your world everyone is born with the same capabilities, same opportunities, same support and the same knowledge. This isn't about right and wrong unless you are sitting on a high horse. This is about differences, and a society that cares about people at the lowest rungs no matter how or why they got there.

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

John W. Gardner



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"The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding."
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Registered: 08-22-2009
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:15pm
Where exactly are all of the jobs that everyone that qualifies for WIC can just go out and get? Because I know a lot of people who would love to have a job.
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Registered: 07-17-2007
Mon, 09-06-2010 - 6:17pm

" (Heaven help anyone with a bachelor's degree in psychology, LOL.)" Or perhaps an engineer turned teacher. (Thinking about a former poster who used to post similar diatribes.)

Off to watch The Grinch.

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