tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post4872692953316562848..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: Michael Moore says your money isn't yoursMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-63653563039309537392011-03-20T06:33:32.657-05:002011-03-20T06:33:32.657-05:00I know of an instance where a poor person gave ano...I know of an instance where a poor person gave another poor person a job: Someone with a motor-neuron disease out on permanent disability, who hired an acquaintance (for about half the Disability check (earned-SSDI-the original person, though not yet forty, paid into their Pension for more than twenty years before becoming too I<br />ill to continue), as a PCA, to keep the second person off the Unemployment, Welfare or non-earned Disability rolls.<br />The second person, though possessing a severe learning disability, had held down a clerical job for seven years before being downsized. So, it *does* happen, because if I know of one instance just off-hand, then rationally there are many more (few people invent the wheel). And i know of a woman who died last year at only 65, a stroke survivor who also would use her paltry SSA checks to pay day-workers to help with simple construction or repair tasks for which she no longer had the physical strength, all the while teaching them courtesy of her many years as a licensed General Contractor, such that their skills array was increased by the end. Again, just to say that it *does* happen. Poor doesn't mean lazy or uneducated, so there will be other examples.Ianto Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779600245875193356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-58631725226369845772011-03-02T19:04:20.352-06:002011-03-02T19:04:20.352-06:00I dunno, Scott. I worked in Ford Motor Co. plant a...I dunno, Scott. I worked in Ford Motor Co. plant as a contractor in my younger days. I'm pretty sure that Lada line workers don't deliberately destroy expensive robotic machinery or sabotage cars going down the line every time union contract negotiations start to get hot. Lada workers probably show up drunk a lot, but then again, so do many UAW workers.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-16796137921311877602011-03-02T18:57:42.713-06:002011-03-02T18:57:42.713-06:00Oh, come now. Those cars we make have to be bette...Oh, come now. Those cars we make have to be better than a Lada, don't they? I mean, credit where credit is due!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675170508193377512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-38165594024105821082011-03-02T18:42:05.785-06:002011-03-02T18:42:05.785-06:00Good point, and it'll be a cold day in hell be...Good point, and it'll be a cold day in hell before that fat ass gives up a penny of HIS money...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com