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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:52 PM Original message |
in this economy, is a five year limit on welfare benefits reasonable? |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think fixed limits on welfare benefits are inhuman. |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I agree. Was wrong to limit it in the first place. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. right, when a single waitress' kids are 5 or 6, they're old enough to work |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm referring to any and all programs |
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Poor Richard Lex (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. first you have to ask if welfare benefits are sufficient in the first plac |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. recession? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. a fine paycheck at target? bwa ha ha ha ha! |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. not bad at all |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Maybe instead of the $15-$17 and hour, we could just |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. there were jobs to be had in 1930, too. |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. umm |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Economists who think outsourcing is helping the economy? |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. well |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 06:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Maybe not as a whole, but in some areas it feels like it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Deleted message |
UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. hmmm |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. what *do* those soothsayers say we're in? |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. we are |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. ROFL! |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "solid growth?" |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. solid growth in *what*? |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. growth |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So you're saying that job growth is solid? |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. umm |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You were asked exactly what was solidly growing |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. umm |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I think you may have to clarify yet again |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. the main measure used by every economist |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. How many posts did it take for you to find that? |
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UVASAM1 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. its hard to take you seriously |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. 'skay |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. When people say the economy is growing.... |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 03:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Five years was never enough |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. ok, whatever. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Where is Liberty U located, anyway? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 05:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. One Can Believe Two Mutually Exclusive Concepts And Believe Both To Be |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Have you been to the grocery store or the |
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AirAmFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. That depends on how long you want poor families to be able to survive |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think I'm going to go out on a limb here |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Have you ever been on welfare? |
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fnottr (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. No, I've never been on welfare |
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ThorsHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well said (nt) |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. It has never been reasonable |
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