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...