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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Why? Its already been explained to you repeatedly how thrift shops work. If only the needy shopped there, there would be little or no profit for the programs these thrift shops support. They count on a certain percentage of higher end clients.
What about garage sales? Would those make you feel guilty too? If so why? Or ebay? You realize a lot of people buy things via secondhand stores and re-sell them on ebay-you might be inadvertantly getting a thrift store item and not even know it.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
and you read in the news that bad parents shop at thrift stores? Funny I've never come across those news items myself.
Yet you seemed painfully unaware in another post about how much clothing production costs in terms of resources and energy....interesting.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
I love looking at the new kids' (and women's ) catalogues from the mail! I wouldn't doubt I spend (okay, "waste") more time than many moms, and yes it's a vice! But a few reviews of the catalogues and it's just so clear to me what is in this year and what's not - with specific brand names only. (I wouldn't know Old Navy, for instance.) That's how the manufacturers toy with us - they know I love clothes and want to dress the kids in this season's fun things.
(And I do think I can spot thrift store clothes because of my familiarity with the new clothes, but I won't get into that whole debate!)
Do you think that is why people shop at thrift shops? No, they do it because they can not afford to shop anyplace else. You can NOT tell me the majority of people are there because they CAN afford the mall and just want to be there. I just can't see that.
I think by keeping up with the world, you see the good and bad and find out what is out there, outside of your little world. A co-worker will not read the paper or watch the news because there is so much bad in the world. That is not good. You need to know what is going on.
Yes but the debate is, are they the only ones who shop at thrift stores? Apparently so, according to Hazeleyes.
And its certainly not just the obvious poor who are in that position-many people who *look* like a million bucks (as do their kids) are so stretched financially they are declaring bankruptcy right and left. If *you* dont know that, I'm wondering what papers you yourself might be reading...
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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