Reflections: On welfare (the poor are people, too)

by Emma Riley Sutton

My husband shattered his wrist three years ago. He had surgery and almost lost his hand. Eight pins, two plates, and four screws held his wrist together. He was in constant pain. He couldn't work and lost his job. We h...read more

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by Kevin Apple

In Australia, the common perception of a person on welfare is that they are young, don't want to work and spend all their time either on the beach and/or reveling in a marijuana induced high (if they are male) or young, al...read more

by Marsha Moore

I get food stamps, and in many instances my family does not buy the expensive meats and other items. Even if we did it is the business of my family, not of the people who stand in the line behind me. I've been given dirty ...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

The Poor Among Us: In Matthew 26: 11 Jesus said, "You will have the poor among you always." Many people, wishing perhaps to justify their own attitudes, have interpreted this passage to mean that Jesus was saying it was...read more

by Lisa Fagan

Back in 1984, just a few months after I had come back from California, I had applied for, and of course, went on welfare. I wasn't lazy or anything, I had no job, and I needed something to support myself until I was able t...read more

by Scarlett Lynn

Sure poor people on welfare are people too but many of the people on welfare today are not really poor. I know poor people when I see them and any one else can tell as well. When you walk into a welfare center and see...read more

by Renee Morgan

The word welfare has labeled the human race in the worst way. When you say welfare, most people think dirty, trashy, ill-mannered people. The word to some means single mother with six children with different fathers, or a ...read more

by Sopher Forbes

Our welfare system is the modern day equivalent of slavery! Thats right. Think about it. When slaves were unloaded at the docks no one cared if families were broken up. They were a cash crop. When the slaves were sold...read more

by Faith S. Redwine

A short while ago I had an unpleasant experience with a Family Independence Agency (FIA) employee. I am unhappy to say that the employee wasn't a pleasant person to interact with. In fact, her presence as a whole was eno...read more

by Francesca Collins

For many, many years - I was one of the poor, on welfare. I am not wealthy now, I simply earn a living. Regardless of whether I got my money from welfare or, whether I earned it - I am, and always will be, a human bei...read more

by Clara M. Tucker

I can't imagine anyone being happy about being on welfare. Except that they often eat better than I do. How is it that they can buy steak and expensive cuts of meat when I'm stuck with prepackaged turkey slices? Isn't i...read more

by Russell Hartsaw

Incarcerated 44 Years - Part II USP FLORENCE - HIGH U.S. PENITENTIARY 5880 HWY 67 S FLORENCE, CO 81226 The United States Penitentiary (USP) in Florence, Colorado, is a high security facility housing male offender...read more