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To: KLP who wrote (215583)	1/30/2007 2:25:04 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 281500

Without in depth research, I think our govt. has well-defined the poor, so I really don't need to do that. We have programs that assist the disabled, the unemployed, victims of disaster, homeless, etc. etc. I'm proud to live in a country that does this and don't mind my tax dollars going into these programs. I don't want to have to wake up every morning, check my 'generosity level' of the day, and go look for somebody 'poor' to hand a check to. It's inefficient and there are lots of days I feel rather pissy. From your post, I gather that you are made rather pissy by public welfare and somehow think it's a matter of too many folks just refusing to buck up. I suspect you don't know who the 'poor' actually are, how many of the 'poor' are employed, and how situational poverty is. For ex. the average length of time someone spends on welfare is 6 mos. You may even fall into that large group on the right, my personal favorite, who don't realize the 'poor' are also consumers. They shop, they spend, they pay taxes....sales taxes...which in my country last year went to 9.5% and is levied on food and prescription drugs. Throw a month of Iraqi war expenses at the 'poor' and watch the velocity of money take off and the subsequent increases in retail spending which then benefits stockholders like me. All I know is, if we as a people want to call ourselves a Christian nation, then logically we have to take seriously what Christ said about the poor.....i.e. they will always be with us....period, no qualifiers. He didn't let us off the hook by saying but hey, folks you can ignore them because its their own fault anyway. To the contrary, we're told in different ways that we ignore the poor at our own peril. It just seems to me that much of the right wing rhetoric I hear regarding govt. welfare is empty, thoughtless, inconsistent and comes from some emotional well I can't figure out.