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To: epicure who wrote (230926)	9/3/2013 5:07:24 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542149

Except for the fact that most people are on public assistance a relatively short time. I'm sure you've seen the data on that. If it were as you suggest, everyone who ever got on it would stay on it, but that simply isn't the case. That would depend on very careful consideration of the wording. It is true that many people pass through shorter spells of needing assistance, so in that sense you are correct. But I'm correct in that the majority of people on welfare are there for a good long time. There is no conflict between these two statements. What I'm complaining about is where most the money goes. It goes to people who sit on welfare for extended periods of time. And for those people, their kids are more likely to repeat the process.