[Vision2020] Welfare vs Minimum Wage

[Art Deco]

Social Security is welfare.  Although most of us have paid into it, it is
was a tax and not a contribution to a personal account.  The rules can and
have been changed to decide who is eligible and for how much.


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Mr. Crabtree -
>
> Define "people capable of working".
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> "So if someone id 90 years old and could be a WalMart greeter, they should
> not get social security?"
> Why do you attempt to blur social security and welfare?
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> So if someone id 90 years old and could be a WalMart greeter, they should
>> not get social security?
>>
>> How do you determine who is capable of working given whatever employment
>> opportunities exist and what constraints a person maybe under (where they
>> live, transportation available, health, etc)?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I think it was the wording.  I think he read "restrict welfare payments
>>> to" as "limit welfare payments to", thinking you meant that only those who
>>> could work would get the payments.  What I presume you meant was more akin
>>> to "reduce welfare payments to", meaning that if you are capable of working
>>> you should get less of a pay out.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>  *From:* Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* "vision2020 at moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2013 1:17 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Welfare vs Minimum Wage
>>>
>>> Do you truly think that is what I was trying to convey?
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> So children, the elderly, and the disabled would not be eligible?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Gary Crabtree <
>>> moscowlocksmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Or better yet, restrict welfare payments to people capable of working.
>>>
>>> g
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> Easy solution:  Raise the minimum wage.
>>>
>>> w.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's an article right up the alley of Fox News.  Time once again to
>>> beat up on welfare moms and cast no blame upon deadbeat dads.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/21/study-in-most-states-welfare-pays-more-than-minimum-wage-job/
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