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Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie
Jean Valjean
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Les Miserables????
In America, at least, there's a public tit hanging everywhere you look.
Case in point: Some of my wife's relatives were on relief a few years back. Not so sure as the amount of assistance they received, but they didn't lack for necessities, and they got so damn much free food they couldn't eat it all.
We were the last in line. They took what the wanted, gave the rest to my wife's folks, who had an app 1 mill net worth, which ain't chump change in Missouri. Along with two retirement checks. And damn good insurance, via Union Electric.
We got what was left. We picked through it, pretty good gruel, and I took what we didn't want to my buddy's shop.
Now there were at least two bonafide millionaires who hung out there. You should have seen them when I showed up with a bunch of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. They went nuts, said they'd never ever seen Ben & Jerry's ice cream before.
Millionaires on welfare...and I won't talk about the subsidies the get for owning farms. Now they know something about sucking a public tit.
Another time I came home and some renters across the street starting call "Mister, Mister". They had just come from the food bank, and had more food than they could deal with. Gave me app 40 lbs of ham and 100 lbs of potatoes. I gave it to my crew.
Like my mentor told me back in the 80's. "The only way you can starve to death in America is if you have pride."
They're plenty of help out there, and people on the payroll to see that you get it. No doubt that some fall through the cracks, but the help is still there.
Don't want to come across as hard hearted, and I'm not. Just saying you don't have to steal a load of bread any longer.
Chas