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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fu5hwy3JyIM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]So I ran across a little post Obama elect interview with Joe the plumber. He was on a show and the host asked him a question relating to Obama and his loyalty to America. So not surprisingly this conversation turned into a bashing of Obama policies by Joe the plumber and why he thought Obama was a bad choice. As it turns out Joe himself was on welfare as were his parents numerous times. He had obviously been in tight spots and welfare had bailed him out, but he refuses to admit that he did any wrong by going on welfare. Somehow he legitimizes his stay on welfare with the idea that he put into the system and over generalizes that welfare recipients stay on welfare longer than needed and never put any tax money back into it. So even though without welfare who knows what kind of plumber Joe might have been he is against the very system that bailed him and many other people out. Its also funny how under Obama, Joe will be able to get  a tax rebate check but doesn’t want to get other peoples money. I want to see when that check comes in to him from the government if he isn’t going to cash it the second he gets it. Its these kind of people who say one thing but do something completely different that gets me annoyed. Give credit where some credit is due. America may not have the best welfare system the world but if it helped you out greatly  don’t speak out against it like its the most horrible thing in the world.

Just a thought I would like to share with the class about something I noticed over the years. Now, I used to live by the projects in Coney Island, Brooklyn (not actually in the projects but close enough) for many years. Every time I used to go somewhere I always used to drive by the projects, and the thing that always caught my eye were the ridicously expensive cars that were always parked on the streets. Now i dont want to be judgmental but if i remember correctly governemnt subsidized housing such as the ones that are spread out around coney island are supposed to be there for people who need help affording living arrangments. And presumably i would estimate that 50% of the residents recieve some sort of governemnt help such as section 8 or even workfare for that matter. So how can these so called “welfare recipients” afford such luxuries. I literally at any point during the day see hundred thousand dollar Mercedes or expensive BMW, Infiniti’s….. etc. I cant begin to fathom where they get the money to afford these cars. Are they working off the books and recieving welfare illegally? I dont know. Maybe the governemnt should be more careful to whom they give away money too and make sure its going to the right place. Im not saying everyone in the projects drive expensive cars and im plenty sure that most dont. But the ones that do have the fancy “whips” are doing what……….to get these cars.?