--I've said it before and I'll say it again... I am not discussing people who have legitimate needs here. I am talking about people who can help themselves but choose not to--

In a previous post, I discussed my hatred for enablers. I think I now have to expand on that a little and give the reasons why I HATE THE PATHETIC, LAZY, DIM WITTED, WORTHLESS, SQUALID, SCHLUBS THAT PREY ON THE "ENABLERS" AND WASTE TAX-PAYER MONEY.

Just to be clear, a person can be down and out, but that doesn't mean they have to be lazy or that they should live off the system. I am not talking about people who legitimately need help and are willing to help themselves.

Why should we, as tax payers have to pay indefinitely for these mouth breathers while they take from the system and give nothing back? What really boils me is that these simpletons will spend hours working at not working. I think it is time for a change!

The other week when I was listening to this young guy beg the local churches for money, it just made me want to scream! It is one thing for this schlep to walk in to a federal government building and use a phone that is meant for job searching to beg for what I can only assume is drug money, It is quite another for this fellow to feel that not only is he entitled to use this phone for whatever he wishes (and it seems like there are many people who also feel this entitlement), he also feels like he is entitled to money from these churches! When the church ineptly offered the guy $80, he asked for more. When he was refused more, he asked to speak to someone else! When that request was refused, he begged the person from the church he was talking to, to bring the money to him because he didn't have a car and was too god damned lazy to walk there to pick up his ill gotten gains. When he was told to get off the phone because it is for job hunting purposes only, he proceeded to say that he is job hunting. As if everyone in the room could not hear the idiot begging for money from these churches (because his welfare cheque got lost in the mail -- nice to know our tax dollars are supporting him as well). I felt like clapping as this moron was told to leave.

Another guy who drives me nuts stands on a divider in the middle of the busiest intersection in town. Luckily for him, he doesn't have to walk far from here to the liquor store, or he would have to find another curb to stand on. This guy has been doing this for years. He stands out there and begs for money with a sign that says he's homeless. Hopeless is more like it. This is a young guy that is more than physically able to do work, but chooses to beg for people to give him money instead. Hell, I'm pretty sure that the shoes he wears are both newer and more expensive than my shoes. I guess the begging/welfare bum business pays well (note: a person on welfare is not necessarily a welfare bum... they can also be called bag lady, bindle, derelict, drifter, floater, gutterpup, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless person, stiff, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant (thanks dictionary.com) -- God! It's a joke... I HATE PEOPLE WITH NO SENSE OF HUMOUR).

What about those people who kind of want a job, but they don't want to work to get it (and probably don't want to work after they get it either). They expect a good paying job to simply fall in their lap. After all, everyone should be clamouring around to procure the services of such ultra talented people. Then again, there are those people who won't accept a job that they feel is "below" them. Guess what... when EI has run out, no job should be below you.

I also know people who have more children because they know that it will net them a bigger welfare cheque. More money means they can stay at home, have more babies, get more money, stay at home... see the pattern here? If we keep giving the people who abuse the system more money to support their additional children, pretty soon the human gene pool is going to be so diluted with lazy, mouth-breather DNA that we are going to see a de-evolution of the species! Maybe that is taking things a bit far, but f%#k! Do we really need to support generations of system abusers?

There are a few simple little "tweaks" to the current system that, in my opinion, could help people to help themselves. First off, I think that people who are able should work for their money. Why not get people to help keep the cities and towns clean in exchange for their cheque? Even if it is treated as a part-time job at minimum wage, at least people could contribute and maybe get some valuable work experience. Also, there is nothing like a long day of garbage picking in sweltering summer heat or blistering winter cold to inspire people to want to find alternative work.

As for people on welfare having more children to increase their cheque... how about giving people with no children MORE welfare money (and lots of birth control) than those with children. I know... it is a radical idea, but just think... If these people truly are abusing the system and having kids so they get more money, we could stop them from popping out more system abusers before they start. It'll cost more in the short term, but our children and our children's children will thank us.