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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (103685)	2/10/2009 3:48:18 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) of 542024

Steve, re: "what right should California have to get my tax dollar?" I suspect that California is giving you tax dollars rather than the converse. The last time I read on this California was paying more into the fed than it was getting back. Back to your main point, if you believe that the lady with 14 children is the poster child for a welfare system running amuck then you're falling into the same trap as those who view the latest recovery plan through the prism of any tiny part of it that they don't like. The sad fact is that because of our societal values, and our lack of them, we need a welfare system. That system will be flawed, in part because general rules are often inadequate to address complex cases and in part because most people doing most jobs are less than excellent. This debacle probably represents the most extreme case imaginable of poor judgement, a deranged claimant and a fault line in the system. If that shapes your views of our social safety nets, however, that probably says a lot more about you than it does about the welfare system. Ed

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