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To: Whitebeard who wrote (153374)	1/2/2006 3:40:29 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793537

there's a hard core of structural unemployable Americans. A hundred years ago, we split the poor into the "worthy" and the "unworthy." Nowadays, we are more sophisticated about it. We still have too many people getting by on welfare than can work. Congress did an excellent job of splitting off a good group of them in 94. After all the screaming subsided, those people are now working. They had a second bunch ready to go in 98, and didn't pull the trigger. That is the group we need to get off welfare now. Our biggest enemy in getting this done is the billion dollar welfare industry. The people with Social Science degrees who make their living tending the sores of the poor. They are the ones who make the most money from Congress's welfare largess.

To: Whitebeard who wrote (153374)	1/2/2006 4:57:53 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793537

there are a lot of people on welfare who would take those jobs if they were available. i find that hard to believe. most of those on welfare who would take jobs have no trouble finding jobs. you can see the help wanted ads for slightly above minimum wage at all the 711 stores, quick marts, etc. there are a lot of these jobs going unfilled because they cannot find anyone willing to take them. It serves them more to stay on welfare. the social welfare system needs to clean up those who can work and shut them off and those who cannot work and perhaps have some additional funds to help them.

To: Whitebeard who wrote (153374)	1/3/2006 2:23:33 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793537

but there's a hard core of structural unemployable Americans. Heard this past week, our unemployment numbers hover about 5%-5.2%....In the past Administration, an employment of 95% was considered full employment.... It's probably time we as a country, totally reexamine the people who currently are unemployed and are on welfare, for how long, and why. There are some people who actually need to be helped, but exactly who are those people....and how many of them are there?