Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Do people need a reason to SAH?
| Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am |
This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.
| 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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John W. Gardner
Ten Rules for Being Human
Malcolm Gladwell Blink
I don't find it odd to know WHO you are living next to.
There you have it. WIC must be fictional.
I am kidding, of course. I know it exists. I keep a color-coded spreadsheet of all the families in my county who receive it. Green for the homes where people deserve it. Yellow for the homes where people are legally eligible, but lazy. Red for the homes where people are lying or cheating in order to make themselves appear eligible. I think it's important to know who my neighbors are. If I drive past one of the green homes, I honk. If I can't nap during the normal work day, they shouldn't either. If I drive past one of the red homes, I take a camera, a magic telescope, and a tape recorder to see if I can get proof of their lying, cheating ways. Those also come in handy if I am not sure if a home should be green, yellow, or red. I can find out more information that way.
I just like to be informed. I think it helps my neighbors to keep the lazy ones from napping and try to catch the lying cheats in a lie.
Talking about everyday things and how to better the neighborhood would not require even a cursory knowledge of someone's income, financial status, expenses or welfare status. That level of knowledge about my financial situation on the part of my neighbors would creep me out.
But if I understand you correctly from this post, you don't know anything about what your neighbors earn or how much they spend or whether or not they qualify for WIC, Food Stamps, Section 8 or whatever. Is that right? After all, you say that "we don't talk in depth about salaries and such ".
John W. Gardner
Ten Rules for Being Human
Malcolm Gladwell Blink
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