Posted by NE IA on January 27, 2009 at 09:12:09 from (206.72.18.153):
In Reply to: O/T sad news story posted by jay-eye-see on January 27, 2009 at 08:20:06:
His electic bill total is probably less than the mayors budget for the new coffee pot.
Sad, there is absolutly no excuse for this type of thing. That is why I'm so radical about foreign aid.
There are numerous folks in our own country that have paid taxes, but somehow slid onto their faces. And I best take my meds and a nap before I try to address the homeless issues.
Years ago neighbors were bonded, families took care of the elderly, if not the churches often kept watch. Life is different now days, and we all need to try to change the pattern.
If you notice the big dog said he felt the city did no wrong. Perhaps true, and no one let him die out of direct bad intent. Yet we should be asshamed of ourselves in the richest country in the world at one time.
I have never had the misfortune to need public assistance, but friends have. Each will tell you they tried, but it just is not worth the hastle, it would be better to eat out of a dumpster than expect something from our government for help.
This may not be the case as the article points out. I'm sorry to say that this may happen more in the future as well.
It is no doubt hard to screen out the crowd for hand outs, got to be a very tough skinned to be the yes or no person.
We have a couple social workers that help some that fall through the cracks on there own time after hrs. We also have some traveling nurses do the same thing free will. Top of the line citizens in my book.
Anybody remember a couple years ago I think in Iowa City, Iowa that nurses were taking drugs from folks that had died, and gave them to others that could not affored the drugs. This was their preferance rather than flushing them down the toilet. Mind you they did not prescribe drugs, rather offer the drugs to people that had the prescription, just not the money. It cost (I think three of them) their jobs.
On a related note, I have tried to track these nurses down, but ended up dead in the water. My fault for putting it off, so if anyone knows anything that will help me track them down, I would appreciate it.
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