Yeah, I know...its tough being a 1 percenter.Hawk wrote: Proving a point that I have tried to make more than once. For the most part, the conservatives on RP are intelligent people. You (and the rest of the right wing conservatives) can't understand why all people aren't as smart as you. You judge less intelligent people as though they ARE as smart as you, but they are just lazy, or they don't care.
Some might be lazy, but some can only achieve a given level of success that's not up to YOUR personal standards. I think some successful, intelligent people don't give themselves enough credit for the success they have achieved and that leaves them with the silly notion that, hey, If I can do it anyone and everyone can do it.
Some people can only handle simple jobs and that's a fact. And those jobs don't pay enough to provide for a family and health care. So either charity or government needs to help out. That's what a decent society would / should do.
1st of all, I did a RP search to see where I used the term LAZY. There were 4 instances of the term LAZY in my posts:
1. I said that ALL VOCALISTS ARE LAZY. I'm sticking to my guns on that one.
2. I disagreed with somebody who wrote that welfare poor are lazy. I said that they are comfortable, not lazy.
3. The other two were quoted from somebody else.
What? Do you think I'm stupid or something? I don't expect for a second that anybody live up to my standards. I realize that there are all levels of intelligence, ambition, sacrifice, fortitude, discipline and perseverance. It takes a certain amount of all of these to be successful...mostly ambition and fortitude--not brains.
People who cannot fend for themselves is one thing. I don't have a problem subsidizing them. However, I strongly object to providing a living for what I call "professional freeloaders."
I observed this new profession first hand as a landlord when their schemes and methods were literally my business. They do everything to milk the system, squander what little they have and let their children suffer. The only way these people deserve a government subsidy is from a jail cell. Unfortunately, I found out first hand that the government does not consider this fraud.
This is not the exception anymore. Its the rule and it has become a widespread profession. Don't think for a moment that these people are stupid or can't work...on the contrary, they are extremely clever and know every angle and every loophole to secure the maximum income for their free living. It has become generational as mothers teach it to their daughters.
This is not my opinion. This is a first hand observation and I often had to discuss "business" with them. I seriously doubt that you get to see any of this as you do not come in contact with the poor nearly as much as I did during those 10 years.
On the other hand, I know many people who worked hard all their lives and suddenly had misfortune. They were refused government aid because they did not know how to milk the system. These are the people the system was designed to help and the system failed them.
The welfare poor are not lazy at all. They are, in fact, very good at their profession.
