Comment 26895

By Grassroots are the way forward (registered) | Posted October 11, 2008 at 00:26:45

A Smith: Your words show who and what you represent. I don't get you, you want those who are on the system to contribute, yet when they do, you belittle them. You see, you want to catagorize all people into one catagory, into the perception you have of those who are on some sort of social assistance.

You see, you assume I am on the system, which shows you're blindness. The one business I would advocate for is a Worker's Center, one that is run by the people, you know grassroots, to help those workers fight for their rights under legislated law, as it is. Many of those who are marginalized, have no one to speak for them or challenge the system.

The system is not there to help people, who need help, yes there are some, a percentage that soak the system, but that does not include all. You would actually have to listen to the stories, of the individuals, to get a true perspective. You fail to see the forest because of the trees.

Let me ask you: Do know the percentage of the actual budget which goes to the people vs the amount that goes to the bureaucracy in the form of wages, benefits, pensions? The bureaucracy stretches far and wide.

You want people to be self sufficient, yet you seem to have an issue when people actually have to stand and fight for self sufficiently.

As to your challenge, I could go out and give $5.00 out in $1.00 increments. It may not change my life but you never know, it might change another's life.

Those from the grassroots can affect change

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