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This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX > > > > Put me in charge . . . > > > > Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for > > Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, > > blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want > > steak and frozen pizza, then get a job. > > > > Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women > > Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test > > recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and document all tattoos and > > piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get > > tats and piercings, then get a job. > > > > Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? > > You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your > > "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be > > inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your > > own place. > > > > In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or > > you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of > > trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We > > will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo > > and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.” > > > > Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of > > the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules.. Before > > you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," > > consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for > > doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem. > > > > If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least > > attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system > > rewards them for continuing to make bad choices. > > > > AND While you are on Gov’t subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes that is > > correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will > > voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov’t > > welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job. > > Now, if you have the guts - PASS IT ON...
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