Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site entropy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!fetrow From: fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Welfare Message-ID: <121@entropy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 05:00:42 EST Article-I.D.: entropy.121 Posted: Fri Jan 18 05:00:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 01:11:22 EST References: <238@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> Organization: UW MathStat, Seattle Lines: 19 > Let each man provide for himself and make handouts difficult to get. > > You obviously don't live in Washington. In most states handouts ARE difficult In Washington it IS difficult to get a handout but the problem isn't so much that it's easy to get on welfare as it can be difficult to get off of. (Looks LOUSY on resume and requires mass amount of time in form filing, etc.) It also kills a lot of folks self-image, after awhile a person can believe what everybody says: "You're a Parasite". Not a good attitude. -df Kludgemaster of CQS { tektronix, ihnp4, microsoft, fluke }!uw-beaver!entropy!fetrow