Posted on 12/05/2011 10:01:30 AM PST by thefoundersrock
Residents of a wealthy lakefront community near Seattle are surprised to learn that one of their neighbors, who has lived in a $1.2 million home for the last 8 years, is the recipient of more that $1,200 a month in public housing vouchers, federal and state disability, and food stamps.
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King 5 says that records show that the cheats have truthfully provided their address when applying for benefits. In addition to a lavish residence, court records indicate that the couple gives money to charity and has traveled to Turkey, Tel Aviv and several resort towns in Mexico.
It just shows what careful budgeting can do for a person.
It's always about growing government, getting seats on powerful committees in order to gain insider information for financial gain, and the promotion of your friends interests.
Who spends $30,000,000 to secure a job paying $160,000 per year? The answer is, Someone who must obtain by any means whatsoever, $29,840,000 in order to break even.
Then we have to do this across the board - to everyone.
Sometimes companies fail, sometimes it’s through mis-managment, sometimes through changes in laws, other times due to circumstances outside of the company’s direct control.
If we are going to force Peter to sell his home, then that same law should apply equally to everyone. If we are basing Welfare on CURRENT INCOME, then if you earned a home, and own some nice things; you can leverage what you own in order to re-start your business. Home ownership (and existing home values) will remain more static, and there is an incentive to build and grow.
However, if you punish the achievers more than the unachievers; you will not only quash busiensses, you will quash their motivation to try. If I don’t try, and stay on the Gov’t dole; I have nothing to lose. However, if I tried and my company fails, my punishment is greater than those who have never tried; why should I even try?
I submit that basing Welfare on your current income, is the fairest way to do this. This allows me a safe harbor if my business fails; but also allows me the opportunity to re-start my business after the ash has cleared; and isn’t the reason we are enjoying the current economy is due to Obama’s war on the small businesses?
How does he pay the taxes on a million dollar home with a welfare income?
So, how many days *did* this joker spend at Occupy Seattle?
Thanks thefoundersrock.
Well, blackdog, guess this just proves that we have the best politicians money can buy! lol
Poof! It's all gone and nobody can find where it went.
i think that allowing the person with assets to retain their assets gives them more incentive to stay on the government dole. hey, he has his toys now, so why go back to working when the gov’t pays him to do nothing?
but it’s the across the board thing that is more my intent, if we make welfare unattractive- like i said, take away the incentive to have the gov’t pay for everything- people will try harder to get off it.
also, so here’s a scenario for you. if you want it based solely on income, then the unemployed guy who won a couple million dollars in the lottery should be allowed to keep his food stamps, since lotto winnings are not considered income, correct?
Even better why should someone who "works the b_tt off to make ends meet be forced to subsidize someone" who’s done nothing but make repeated bad life decisions? Why should you or I be FORCED to pay for someone else's children?
Not necessarily, depending upon how he collects, it will be far from zero. If he gets a lump sum, then this year his income is $'x' Million, if he chose over time, then it's a yearly income. Then, there are income from interest or investements that he will receive. Now, if he's a tard and blows it all in one year; he will be on the dole from the next year forward. You just can't fix "stupid".
Yeah. Something large is missing from this story.
“King 5 says that records show that the cheats have truthfully provided their address when applying for benefits.”
Sounds like the Feds should raid the welfare office instead.
He’s a chiropractor on the south side of Seattle. He has his business right next to the Kollel in Seward Park not far from the Sephardic synagogue down the street.
I was wondering that too (grew up there), but the PI source article says it’s in Seattle, right across from the south end of Mercer Island.
And his house is in the Dunlap neighborhood a little further south on Island Dr. South. north of Cloverdale Street.
If I spent $900 a month on food, I'd not be cooking much of it myself.
My family is in the $400-ish/month range. We use coupons and shop the sales, but we don't skimp, either.
Looking forward to grilled chops and baked potatoes tonight. MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm.
I’ve related this before, but it sure is apropos here...
I was talking with my libinlaw about what Sowell had to say about welfare fraud.
Sowell said that the left couldn’t care less about fraud and that their primary goal is that everyone who needs welfare gets it.
She vehemently denied that liberals don’t care about fraud.. [2 second pause] ... “but it’s more important that anyone that needs help gets it”.
Me: “That’s what I said.”
She: “um... let me think about it a minute... it just sounded mean when you said it.”
This happens in every city, county, burrough, precinct and ward in this country. Half of the citizens (and non-) are doing this at some level. It will only stop when our economy completely collapses - it will.
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