Trapped by a welfare system that won't help him because he's "too poor and destitute." (Boohoohoo!)

Michigan Live (actually dead, but let's humor them...) ^ | 04.07.02 | Muskegon Chronicle

[Registered]

This MORON moves to Michigan from Texas not to find a job, BUT GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE!! Bwaahahahahahah!

...and yes, Disabled men in Michigan face was the actual title of the article. I guess the author couldn't find enough "assistance" to finish it!

[Registered]

I say we move to Texas.

[tacticalogic]

I say we move to Texas.

Wouldn't it be better to stay put, and get Texas to move the border?

[Registered]

LOL, can we do that?

[tacticalogic]

LOL, can we do that?

I'm not sure. Does it say anywhere that we can't?

[Tacis]

Ok, I want to place my bet here, but I was roundly criticised last bet by several of the truly sensitive folks who read this list and point out the wrong thinkers among us. So let's bet this way.

I'm betting that this poor guy has the absolute right to live and work in America; that he is not an illegal alien and WAS born and raised here in the US of A; and that there is no place in another country that he truly calls home.

[Texan5]

Ha, ha, ha! The damned moocher couldn't get his head in the trough in Texas, so he went up north to test the water and found it just as cold! GOOD! I used to deal with people like this guy on a daily basis-it is the reason I went back to construction, and will never be a casemanager again. There are literally dozens of jobs that do not require a great deal of education or lifting in excess of 20 lbs. Cashier and counter clerk come to mind-and if an individual is unable to stand for long periods, this limitation can be accommodated by providing a chair or stool. I just hope this person does not come back to Texas.

[Dakmar]

I've always suspected y'all were just a bunch of heartless monsters up there. ;-)

[Cyber Liberty]

Liberals always whine about the "race to the bottom" in terms of welfare. I say, "Show me the harm in that."

[cibco]

"I'm not sure. Does it say anywhere that we can't?"

Wasn't it first done in 1836?

[Amerigomag]

Let's write an article about an oddesy to find the perfect welfare state.

We'll make the lead character an illegal alien who claims unprovable physical disabilities and follow his attempts to dupe the system.

[Don Myers]

There is a time and place for assistance to people who truly are unable to work if the disability is not their fault. Each case should be judged on a case-to-case basis. We should not provide support for people who are able to work. "we," at times, get too hard or too dispassionate, and say that there is no reason for welfare. But a humane society should have some provisions for truly needy cases.

[tacticalogic]

Wasn't it first done in 1836?

Seems like I remember something about that, but the details escape me at the moment. Interesting idea, though.

[Reagan is King]

I stopped doing medical disability exams because of the large number of fakers. He can't lift over 20 pounds? How about answering phones, being a nightwatchman, parking lot attendant, light assembly line work (seated), etc, etc,... There's plenty of jobs that don't require lifting, standing, or even much memory for that matter.

As we all know, most of these people don't want to work, they want handouts. If he tried as hard at a job as he does at trying to get freebies he'd get a promotion wherever he worked!

And how about this line from the article:

"several work-related accidents suffered in recent years."

Now tell me, who has "several" work related accidents over just a few years? He just manages to find some poor sucker to give him a job for a few days and then probably fakes an injury and tries to get workers compensation. Sheesh, these people irk me.

[humblegunner]

It has been tried.. with no success!

[cibco]

Seems like they remember and are trying to get us back now. Plus... seems like we are somehow financing it too.

[dead]

We should not provide support for people who are able to work. "we," at times, get too hard or too dispassionate, and say that there is no reason for welfare. But a humane society should have some provisions for truly needy cases.

That's what "charity" is for.

When money is confiscated from people (under the threat of imprisonment for non-compliance) for the purpose of giving it some other person, that is theft not compassion.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

For now, Leija spends most of his days riding public buses trying to find someone or some agency that can help him. But his memory lapses often get the best of him, and he fears what the future will hold. "I get on the bus and get downtown and I forget what to do," he said.

He remembered enough to get his butt from Texas to Michigan.

[cibco]

"He remembered enough to get his butt from Texas to Michigan."

But he had incentive then... :o)