🚀 go-pugleaf

Back on 20 Apr 1996 10:12:18 GMT, the esteemed writer
wordwork@fox.nstn.ca (wordwork) keyed the following:
 
>In article <4l838v$ott@omega.metrics.com>, someone@somewhere.com says...
>>
>First, let me apologize for putting my name to something
>other than the real thing.  However, I do not want my
>employer or service provider to pay any cost if someone
>decides to be vindictive and call the big bad union cops.
>This way, I can express my opinion and hopefully not worry
>about incurring some damage on them.
>
>That said, I am all for a day of protest, but as mentioned
>in the subject line, only for the right reasons.  The current
>protest angers me a lot.  The closest example that I can come
>up with is a spoiled teenager being told by their parent that
>they need to cut back on allowance and extras because of
>financial problems.
>>
>This is where Ontario is at the moment.  For the last 20 years,
>people have been asking for money and getting it.  Now, people
>expect that and when they are told no, they complain.  They didn't
>complain that we were spending too much when they were getting a
>lot of money, so they shouldn't complain now.
>
>Having said this, I think there are poor people who really need
>the money, and we should protest against those that are on welfare
>and don't need to be.  There is also more money that could be spent
>on education and hospitals, but not on misuses of that.  Why should
>we pay 3 times the costs of seeing a doctor because someone has
>a little cold and cannot wait until the morning.
>
>Is my position typical of Ontarians?  I am not sure.  I am a first
>generation Canadian, and my parents and I have worked very hard
>to get to the point where we are.  I had to sacrifice ski trips and
>special clothing because we simply could not afford it.  I had to
>help out with a garden to help cut the food bill.  I had to take
>an extra job for spending money and to help my folks out.  Having
>been born into a lower class Ontario family, I think I do have some
>experience to speak from, and some validity in my statements.
>
>so, let us protest the following:
>
>[specifics snipped]
>
>thank you for your time,
>a concerned citizen in Kitchener-Waterloo
>-------------------------------------------
>
>Excellent post.  I feel the same as you. I want to know that the tax 
>dollars that go for social assistance are really helping people that need 
>it, not supporting a chosen lifestyle.  As the government tit dries up, 
>we are going to see a reawakened sense of individual repsonsibilithy in 
>this province.  It used to be there before the philosophy of "I am, 
>therefore I am entitled" took seized the populace.   
>
>BTW don your asbestos underwear; you will probably get flamed big time 
>from all the predictable quarters.
>
>John D.
>------------------------------------------
>
>
>

I agree. As a Reform party and Harris supporter, I agree.  Help those
who can't help themselves.  Help those that can help themselves help
themselves better.

You don't have to be left of center to have compassion.  I am not rich
by any means -- I spend all my spare cash on an ISDN line!

Take care,


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