Why should I support someone else?

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Registered: 12-27-2006
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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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2006
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:04pm
Exactly. That is how I know what type of people they are. They are the type of people who don't think twice about stealing.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:08pm

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PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:08pm

LOL I assure you I am "budgeting correctly."

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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-12-2003
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:09pm

Here's what Wikipedia says about it.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:09pm

Don't forget salary or hourly as well....


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:10pm
But they are.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:12pm

Exactly, that's certainly the picture I am getting from the posts and the links.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:14pm
If $2000 fell into your lap right now, would you buy a LV original? If not (and I sure wouldn't!) then I just don't see any problem with the fake bags. Good for you. Have fun. Lifes short.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-15-2006
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:15pm

At least quote me correctly.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-22-2007
Thu, 02-22-2007 - 4:17pm
When you get your paycheck do you hand back to your boss money for the time spent here? Restitution would be a good start for the regulars IMO. But just a start. Stealing is a crime.

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