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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Yes but the term *good stuff* when it comes to the arts is very subjective.
For instance, I happen to think Prince is an amazing artist and singer and love his music. You might not agree with that and deem him inappropriate. Its just like books-what someone calls a classic might still be trash in anothers eyes. I love a lot of modern art-many people think its horrible. Where does one draw the line with censorship?
I want my kids to feel free to choose what THEY like, not what I like (and I am talking about teens here, not 7 year olds....I fully understand that small children have to be censored to some degree). I mean, sure, I draw the line at porn or things that depict harm to others, violence, etc. but I still say that for the most part *its just music*.
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Dj
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I never could understand not picking and choosing from the different genres. My dds can pick out any song from the Nutcracker or Swan Lake but they also like bluegrass and they love Laurie Berkner (from Noggin). I see no reason why the "good stuff" is usually limited to classical music (not that you're saying this, but that is usually what people seem to mean). I've heard classical music that I plain don't like, but that also goes for just about every genre. I don't usually like jazz but they had a teen jazz band playing at the library on Sat. that had me tapping along (they were VERY good). There can be "good" in any genre.
Yes, i do sometimes for certain individuals. I think it is a excuse for some who truly are not mentally ill.
Mental illness is very real, but for some ppl it is a reason for attention and drug's.
Then agian that is addiction problem, which is tied to mental ilness.
Very confusing.
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So you think some people convince their psychiatrists they're mentally ill when they actually aren't, just to get attention and/or drugs?
Sabina
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