Email of the Week: Put me in charge of Welfare

I don't care if the writer of this is 21 as the email indicates, or not - I don't even care if this appeared in the Waco Tribune Herald as it claims to, or not. What is important is the body of this email. Whoever wrote it, has a load of good points. . .

Might I remind you, as you are reading this, that the folks during the early years of the United States of America were not allowed to vote unless they were property owners, meaning that they had skin in the game, so to speak. People that were not property owners did not vote because if they did, the only way to win their vote would be to offer them gifts from the treasury - a concept that the Founding Fathers abhorred.

Here's the Email:

WHAT AN INTELLEGENT YOUNG WOMAN

WRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD TEXAS FEMALE 

This was written by a 21 yr old female who gets it. It's her future 
she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big 
Government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are 
Just common sense in her opinion. 

This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco, TX, Nov 18, 2011 

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 legations. Then, we'll test 
Recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use 
Drugs, alcohol, or smoke, 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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