Why should I support someone else?
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| Sat, 12-30-2006 - 1:24pm |
Let me start by saying that I"m new here so this may have already been discussed, but this has come up in my office several times and I wanted to get some other views of this.
I do payroll for a rather small company so I know most of the workers and their wives (most of the workers are men due to the nature of our business). There are two in particular who's wives SAH. These two are up to their eyeballs in debt. I have bill collectors constantly calling for them. That part is really their business, it is annoying but I enjoy being rude back to the bill collectors, lol.
The part that bothers me is that both wives have been in the office wanting copies of X amount of check stubs so that they can go and get public assistance (I know because they told me that is what it is for)! Why should my tax money go so that these women can SAH? I know that not all families that one parent stays at home are like this, but I know lots that are. Heck, growing up we were always broke because my mother refused to work, but we weren't on any public assistance.
So, why should I pay for a woman to SAH? Why can't she go and get a job to support her family just like anyone else?


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If you are serious, here are a few ideas.........
http://www.heifer.org/
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
http://www.habitat.org/
http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/
http://www.rif.org/
http://www.water.org/
Nope. I never said all. She seemed to have a hard time understanding why people who could afford the mall would choose a thrift shop. Trying to recycle used goods is just one reason a person might have for doing it.
As far as judgement, I didnt start this discussion by talking about *thrift store people*. If you are talking judgment, talk to hazeleyes.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
My dd is almost 16 and while she definitely has fashion sense, she is by no means obsessed and never has been. She is not much into name brands, except for a few select items (she loves designer handbags of all things, lol). In fact she refuses to shop at Abercrombie or American Eagle because *everyone shops there*. She likes it when I order her stuff online from obscure sites, and yes-she shops at thrift/secondhand stores.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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