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What should we do with people who rely on government handouts, but are too lazy to work? (Original Post) PumpkinAle May 2014 OP
Perfect cyberswede May 2014 #1
Before seeing the cartoon - LiberalElite May 2014 #2
or the Walton (Sprawlmart) family? SfromCanada May 2014 #4
If that were the case they could hold joint meetings in the cloakroom and have room to spare. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #3
Tax the rich. Iggo May 2014 #5
For the non-Congress-critters...we should do nothing. randome May 2014 #6
Exactly. Mopar151 May 2014 #9
I'm glad this is Funny.. GOPee May 2014 #7
Love it. 840high May 2014 #8
Ya think! Cha May 2014 #10
That sums it up... 3catwoman3 May 2014 #15
Yup! sheshe2 May 2014 #11
Except, it will be difficult. Cleita May 2014 #12
HA! bigwillq May 2014 #13
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #14
And the mega-wealthy, who take more govt. handouts than any other group in the U.S. nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #16
 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
3. If that were the case they could hold joint meetings in the cloakroom and have room to spare.
Fri May 2, 2014, 09:29 PM
May 2014

And, get more done in one session than what the current congress does in a year.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
6. For the non-Congress-critters...we should do nothing.
Fri May 2, 2014, 09:41 PM
May 2014

The number of 'ordinary' people who don't want to work is miniscule and we are all better off keeping them out of the way of everyone else.
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Mopar151

(10,156 posts)
9. Exactly.
Fri May 2, 2014, 10:44 PM
May 2014

I'v met very few able-bodied who were truly unwilling to work, and they truly needed to be kept out of the way. There are levels of intelligence, ability,motivation, and common decency necessary to be useful in any sort of reasonable workplace - and some folks ain't got it. So, they are better off at "home", on the dole, than screwing up the rest of us while being publicly flogged for their "sins".

In a good and decent world, we'd find a way for most of them to contribute somehow - many do now, one way and another - unpaid caregivers, junkmen, "canners" - some income and support would really help a lot of folks on the margins, and the net cost to society would be a pittance.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. Except, it will be difficult.
Sat May 3, 2014, 12:06 AM
May 2014

We've been trying since Bush. However it seems the WA insiders and the lobbyists have figured out a very efficient system of recycling themselves.

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