“The Poor” according to our guvmet is a family of four with an income of $22,350 a year, or less.
Hell they don’t even do a good job edging the lawn and clean out our flower beds. “Working” as a short order cook when they have a family? Where is their sense of responsibility?
We all know the poor are poor because they are lazy. Anyone of them could be a doctor, or a millionaire, or both.
I’m all in! Let’s get these slobs to pay their fair share. And if they got no money, we should make them shine shoes at the airport or clean the bathrooms.
Brewha wrote:
I don't "classify" as "poor" by the guvment, but I could classify myself as poor. I only make about $30,000 per year working as a high school teacher in Arkansas, and then during the summer, I work 3 jobs, one from around 7:00 - 3:00 in the heat doing research field work, then I cut wood on the side, and mow yards on the side as well. During the school year, I mow yards when the grass is growing, and clean skulls for local hunters, and trap during the winter for extra money as well.
My wife does not work. Her job is to stay home with our daughter, and to raise her. That is just something that we think is right to do, rather than have her raised by a stranger. Our family lives out of state as well, so nobody is close that can watch her. My wife staying home has caused us to sacrifice some things. We don't drive the best cars, nor do we live in the fanciest house, but we are blessed each day knowing that our child will grow up not having to worry about the baby sitter abusing her, or her daddy going to prison over that issue. 😰 We qualify for welfare, and food stamps, and all that crap, but we choose to do the right thing and work for what is ours, not accept a handout from those around the nation that are working to support their families.
Most of the people on this site would probably look at me and my family from the outside and say those people are just poor. You would say that I am poor because I am just lazy it seems. I guess I will just let you go on thinking that.
I for one am for a flat tax across the board. Say it be 10%, 12.5%, 15%. Whatever it is, I think that would be fair all the way from the bottom to the top. I do think that there needs to be reform in our welfare system as well though. When someone that smokes cigarettes is taking my money to buy their cigarettes, be it using a shell game to pay for them or not, I don't like it. I'd rather be able to buy cigars with that money than to have someone else do it. When you have a food stamp card and the "stamps" roll over each month and you buy $300 worth of gum in front of me in line at Wal Mart I should legally be able to take the closest thing I can get my hands on and stick it in your chest and watch you bleed to death! When I am struggling to put food on the table at times and I see people buying steaks, candy, cokes, and all sorts of crap and they pull out a welfare card to pay for it, something just isn't right!
It would be easy to go down and get registered for a card to stand in line with them and sit back and have a few more kids and rake in the cash while I did nothing. That in my eyes is not the right thing to do though. I guess we all have to answer for our lives one of these years. I guess I am just a poor white guy who is lazy, and I don't figure I'll become a doctor, or a millionaire any time soon, because it takes $$ to make $$. But don't expect to see me at the airport shining shoes, I have other jobs to tend to.
Have a great day,
Emerson
