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From: ted@teldata.UUCP (Ted Becker)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: RE: Regan flame & a**holes
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Date: Thu, 5-Apr-84 15:37:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  5 15:37:42 1984
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I didn't mean for you to take that comment personally.  I have no objection
to loaning money to people for an education if they pay it back.  A few
years ago the news was made public that millions of dollars worth of
student loans had been defaulted, which means I had to pay part of the tab
for those assholes who made a commitment to pay and didn't keep it.

My freeloader comment was referring to certain welfare, workmans comp, and
unemployment recipients.  I have interviewed job seekers that have told me
they don't want the job, they only need credit for an interview to keep
their unemplyment.  Or the "disabled" truck driver with a broken arm
from a skiing accident.  How about poor women who have the babies of unknown
fathers to keep their ADC payments coming in.

It is extremely irritating to me to read some esitmates of welfare fraud
as high as 30% and other figures indicating tha 75% to 80% of the welfare
budget is administrative cost.  That means only $.18 of my tax dollar gets
into the hands of those that need it.  I am not an uncharitable person, my
contributions in 1983 were close to $2000.00.  My taxes including Social
Security were about $6600.00 if we remove SS and assume 1/3 of the rest
goes to social programs my share of that comes to approx. $1000.00 and of
that $180.00 went to the needy which means $820.00 of my money went down
the drain.

I am an independent consultant and I have to write quarterly checks to pay
my income and Social Security taxes and beleive me one becomes acutely aware
of how much one is paying when a check for $1500.00 or more has to be covered
every three months.