Oregon Welfare Recipients told to dive in dumpsters!!

[UnixFreak]

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Friggin' hilarious if you ask me. A new style of welfare reform.. humiliation.



<< The letter offered suggestions to people on public assistance, like shopping at thrift stores and going to yard sales. The last item recommended checking Dumpsters outside homes and businesses. >>

 

[mikefromwa]

wish i could find some nice dumpsters to grab stuff from, that would rule

 

[Thorn]

I actually wouldn't mind going &quot;dumpster diving&quot; in the Silicon Valley... probably some nice stuff to be had in some of those.

I was watching a 20/20 special a couple years ago where a guy was doing that very same thing and pulled out a NEW HP Color Laserjet... crazy! :Q

 

[Static911]

definately humiliation...inside, those officials r supporting this measure

static911

 

[Cyberian]

<< definately humiliation...inside, those officials r supporting this measure

static911 >>



You can read the minds of all those State Officials??

I'd want to see an actual copy of the letter before I started screaming 'outrage'!

 

[UnixFreak]

I think it may be a new tactic in welfare reform, maybe not, but hey I agree 100%. If they feel looked down upon, or embarassed for being on welfare, great! Maybe if it wasnt such a casual, easy thing for people, maybe less people would decide that drugs and breeding aren't so important, and maybe they should get their lives together. We make it too easy for them. The average person, in general society, is not on welfare, they are drug-free, and work hard to pay their bills honestly, and this is the norm. But to the folks on welfare, they surround themselves with other sh*tbags, and they think this is an average, normal lifestyle, and this is a reminder that it isnt. If having to dig through our dumpsters makes you feel lowly, hey, we are the people that pay your income, get a job and join us.

 

[sandorski]

If true, that's a sad commentary on both the officials stating it and on the society not speaking against it.