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Originally Posted by jenn_librarian

Shepgirl, that happens a lot here in the states too. The ones who need to be on disability have to fight for years to get it. Others, who just don't feel like working or getting treatment to get better, seem to get disability without a hitch.

Here you have to qualify to be on welfare. What I've seen at work (I work for a school district), there are many who miss the financial guidelines by mere pennies and receive no aid. They struggle to pay for food, the kids come to school without breakfast, go without lunch. Our kids who live in the projects, receive welfare and get free breakfast and lunch, they are the ones who come in with new clothes every other week and throw most of what they get for breakfast and lunch in the garbage cause they don't want it.

It's a lovely system.

jenn I thought the states was more liberal than in Ontario, guess not. We have the same thing here with welfare...the kids with brand name clothes and munching on junkl all day are referred to as the welfare rich.

When Aid is denied people with real disabilities, like crohn's, ms, brain injuries then something is severely wrong with the system. It burns us to see the people getting help when they refuse to work but like you said it's the new way of life....why work when you can play the system...