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Old 02-27-2012, 11:49 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by darklord700 View Post

Many times you aren't really "helping" people by "helping" them. Say a senior couple with no savings and assets, living OAS to OAS in a tenement housing, is the social safety net really helping them?
What does this even mean?

I know, they should go out and get some education so they can be productive in the work force. We should fund that instead. If they can't be productive and are living in squalor, we should stop giving them money, because it obviously isn't helping.

Am I reading that right?
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