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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wonder Why Our Country Is Broke?

The above was the title of an email forward courtesy of Last in Line. Clearly, Last sent this to me to get my goat and does not subscribe to the titanic level of racism contained in it. But I guess I'm wondering what some of you think of it. Regardless of what my readers think, though, this is another fine example of a "Voice Inside My Head." This is where a lot of the anti tax, Tea Partier shit originates.

The bread winner in the family....interesting!

Bread Winner...


I was speaking to an emergency room physician this morning. He told me that a woman in her 20s came to the ER with her 8thpregnancy. She stated, "my momma told me that I am the breadwinner for the family."
He asked her to explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money for the family. It goes like this: The grandma calls the Department of Child and Family Services and states that the unemployed daughter is not capable of caring for these children. DCFS agrees and states that the child or children will need to go to foster care.


The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and thus receives a check for $1500 per child per month in Illinois .


Total yearly income:
$144,000 tax-free, not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid) plus a monthly card entitling her to free groceries, etc, and a voucher for 250 free cell phone minutes per month. This does not even include WIC and other welfare programs.. Indeed, grandma was correct in that her fertile daughter is the "breadwinner" for the family.
This is how the ruling class spends our tax dollars.
Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist, Danville Polyclinic, LTD
Is this a GREAT COUNTRY or what...
Don't forget to pay your taxes!!!
There are a lot of “Breadwinners” depending on you & me

6 comments:

blk said...

Is there any link to a reliable news source about this? Or is it just another one of those Internet chain emails that are "not intended to be factual?"

Anonymous said...

http://factcheck.org/2010/12/fostering-a-fortune/

That took ten seconds.

On the other hand, I won't be able to post here for awhile. I have to go to Nigeria to pick up a $30 million check from a former General who is in hiding.

Santa said...

But it doesn't matter if it's reliable or not. This was not intended as a factual statement. I'm certain, however, that several million Americans have taken it as one. This is the mentality.

PL said...

Hey Last,

If you are free on Saturday afternoon come to Scoreboard. We'll talk horses and say bad things about Mark. Oh yeah, you are welcome too, Mark, since it's in your neighborhood. But if we talk any politics it will be sane, logical things and not wild, crazy, liberal whackjob things.

All hail HMHC.

Last in line said...

I'll probably be able to make it there. Give me a time frame on when you'll be there. I'll be at Granite City till 2:00 or so.

All hail the Thread Assasin.

PL said...

We'll be there a while. From around 3pm to 5pm there are some great stakes races.

Sorry for interrupting, everybody. We now resume your regularly scheduled program.