You just have to shake your head at the stupidity.
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Yes...but OUR stupidity for allowing this to reach this point.
I admit I also didn’t think that giving people a ‘card’ rather than stamps was such a bad idea BUT I was thinking along the lines of the 3-10% of people who may ACTUALLY need help, not with the scam artists and corrupt officials who keep pumping OUR money to those that find by doing nothing ‘pays’ more than actually working.
Coming up in ‘our time’ dignity meant something to the majority of people. Those that couldn’t speak the language suddenly found that they ‘moved ahead’ faster once they could communicate with the rest of society.
Instead of demaning people in public housing at least speak the language, WE allowed street signs etal to be posted in the language of the people.
Today ‘we’ want to shut down a merchant who dare put up a sign “We speak English in this establishment”. In essence he is just telling you “I don’t want your money if we can’t understand each other and I am not going to hire someone that ONLY speaks your language”.
They try to group that with “If you are Italian or Irish or Polish or Black or whatever” you CAN’T come into my store is no where near saying if I can’t talk to you, there is no sense you wasting either of our time. Bring an interpreter, or a friend who understands both but......
this is old; from about 1.5 years ago.