[Holding Our Breath]

I'm leaving earlt today to take Brandi to the vet's. See you all tomorrow and have a wonderful night! It's been great sitting with you...

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

South Africa is planning to create a welfare state where EVERYONE aged 7 to 65 gets benefits.

Yes, EVERYONE! Granted it is only $10/month, it is still the totality of the population (7 to 65) getting $10/month.

How will it be financed? Through "slightly higher taxes on the middle class and affluent."

Also, there will be no bureaucracy - they simply will hand out the checks. But note the floor on the age range. Want to make a bet this promotes all kinds of sexual behavior? In a country that has one of the highest rates of AIDS infection in the world! This is an astonishing policy.

South Africa Weighs a Welfare State - System of Payment for All Would Be Continent's First

[gulfcoast6]

How iroic, I had a drug detection (sniffer) dog for my work to detect drugs in ther workplace, HIS hame was Brandy, trained at the MS state pen and when he was just a pup he knoced over a bottle of brandy and licked it up, got drunk as a skunk, the trainer had in the training room, his name was Gus but after that, he was named Brandy. That ole dog found a lot of dope over his 10 year life span, he ruined a lot days for a lot of folks. Brought back memories.