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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    She should be tazered for operating an unlicensed, unplated non-motor vehicle on a public roadway.
    She is violating Medicare rules. Medicare will cover 80% of cost provided she gets approval of doctor and uses it only in her home.

    The meme fails in so many ways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Might give her some pride back. Would you make a mockery of that?
    Would you seriously send an 84 year old Granny to a roadside ravine with a garbage poker?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bo-4 View Post
    Would you seriously send an 84 year old Granny to a roadside ravine with a garbage poker?
    Do you seriously argue such appeals to emotion? Ah, but it makes you look good and others look positively evil.

    My mother, in her 90s, works for the church doing hospice visits to peopl who can't get out. My dad, 90s, volunteers at local school to help learning disadvantaged kids with reading. You can have the "roadside ravine with a garbage poker".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Casper View Post
    Sounds good, so long as the State helps them actually get a job, those are not as common as they once were even for skilled workers.
    I think as was mentioned, most of the jobs would basically be a few hours here and there of community service type work. The interesting thing, though about any type of job is that it helps the worker build confidence to get another, better paying job.
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    The aim of the Maine program is not to punish cripples and invalids but to weed out the able with incentives to work.

    But here comes the onslaught of liberal emotional appeals....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Do you seriously argue such appeals to emotion? Ah, but it makes you look good and others look positively evil.

    My mother, in her 90s, works for the church doing hospice visits to peopl who can't get out. My dad, 90s, volunteers at local school to help learning disadvantaged kids with reading. You can have the "roadside ravine with a garbage poker".
    Well GREAT for them - but most 90 year olds cannot do this sort of thing.

    Must say however, that their health at such an age bodes very well for you ...

    Btw - my Dad is 97 and is a backup punter for the Denver Broncos! ;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bo-4 View Post
    Would you seriously send an 84 year old Granny to a roadside ravine with a garbage poker?
    The OP story specifically said people who can work.

    Most people want to work. It makes them feel valuable.

    There are many jobs at the community and state level that simply don't get done and this could turn that around at the same time it's making these people feel more valuable.

    Even a person in a wheelchair can make administrative phone calls.

    I used to volunteer on the Adopt-a-Highway program but I got too grossed out by dead animals on the side of the road. Many volunteer for different community jobs, but this would ease that burden. I currently volunteer at the Food Bank every few weeks and that would be a good job for someone. They're always needing help. And, a single mother could bring her baby. I know, because one of the volunteer moms does just that.

    Trash pickup, sure, but also help with community landscaping, pool maintenance, there's a whole world of opportunities.

    The OP said it was not mandatory, but I have a feeling many would like to participate.

    No one's talking about the elderly or the infirm here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    The OP story specifically said people who can work.

    Most people want to work. It makes them feel valuable.

    There are many jobs at the community and state level that simply don't get done and this could turn that around at the same time it's making these people feel more valuable.

    Even a person in a wheelchair can make administrative phone calls.

    I used to volunteer on the Adopt-a-Highway program but I got too grossed out by dead animals on the side of the road. Many volunteer for different community jobs, but this would ease that burden. I currently volunteer at the Food Bank every few weeks and that would be a good job for someone. They're always needing help. And, a single mother could bring her baby. I know, because one of the volunteer moms does just that.

    Trash pickup, sure, but also help with community landscaping, pool maintenance, there's a whole world of opportunities.

    The OP said it was not mandatory, but I have a feeling many would like to participate.

    No one's talking about the elderly or the infirm here.
    Fact remains FK - Around one in ten Medicaid recipients not ALREADY working might be able to do certain jobs.

    http://www.cbpp.org/research/contrar...benefits-go-to

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Do you seriously argue such appeals to emotion? Ah, but it makes you look good and others look positively evil.

    My mother, in her 90s, works for the church doing hospice visits to peopl who can't get out. My dad, 90s, volunteers at local school to help learning disadvantaged kids with reading. You can have the "roadside ravine with a garbage poker".
    That's a GREAT program! Kids today can benefit soooooo much from what their elders are happy to teach them. We're just getting started with a program similar to that. People are starting to realize that we can cut some of the fluff from school spending if we utilize our amazing network of volunteers.
    ""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    We need to reform our entire welfare system.
    No, medicaid is insurance we all pay when we work(ed).
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