Subj : Re: Robbing the Poor to Pay the Rich
To : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 08:00 pm
On 06 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
GD> JT> Being "out of work with no money" is just one example of being poor,
GD> JT> certainly not the only one. A farmer who worked all season only to se
GD> JT> some of his crop fail for reasons beyond his control could also be
GD> JT> considered poor, as could someone working a minimum-wage job to suppo
GD> JT> a family. In fact, most people on public assistance do have jobs.
GD> A greater amount of people on public assistance are jobless.
GD> This I have seen within my former job for the ACP Affordable Connectivity
GD> Program. As proof of wages was required or having the association with a
GD> selected Federal Program. I can tell you from personal experience most
GD> of these individuals had no employment. I spoke to "consumers" from all
GD> over the U.S. It was the states of Michigan, Ohio and Alabama that
GD> seemed to have the greatest disparity and the highest poverty.
I also have a job dealing with these statistics, and I can tell you that
having, or actively seeking, a job is in most cases a requirement for public
assistance.
