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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-11-07 06:10 pm

[ SECRET POST #2136 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2136 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Psych]


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[Karl Urban]


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[pokemon: best wishes]


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[Bleach]


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[Elementary/X-Files]


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[Fievel Goes West]


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[Potap & Nastya Kamenskih]


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[Smallville]


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[Fairy Tail]


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[The Lorax]


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[Robot Chicken]


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[Downton Abbey]


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[Pauly Perette]


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[TVXQ]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 032 secrets from Secret Submission Post #305.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
insolentwitch: (Default)

Re: Welfare

[personal profile] insolentwitch 2012-11-08 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm with you there. The application process is harsh. And trying to get to the appointments can be impossible. And even then if you're on the version of welfare that helps with money, CalWorks, you can only remain on it for a certain number of months months in a row and then you have to be off for quite a while, I think it's 24 months. With a lifetime total of 60 months (I'm sure of that). It's not possible to be on it forever if there isn't a daaaaaaaaamn good reason. And that reason must be proved repeatedly and will be constantly challenged.

And to keep it? A one-parent family, the parent must work at least 32 hours weekly either at a job, vocational training or community service work to receive benefits. Two parents must work a total of 35 hours weekly. And they want to see proof of you applying for work. In my community this has lead to a lot of people having to apply for work at places they aren't qualified to work at, and applying every other month (sometimes every month) at businesses that keep applications on record. These businesses have gotten so annoyed that they've flat out said they won't hire people who apply that often because they're wasting the companies time by coming in that frequently. It's a pretty sad cycle.

And now I'm rambling on, I shouldn't start posting on this subject this late/early. I have strong feelings here.
lunabee34: (Default)

Re: Welfare

[personal profile] lunabee34 2012-11-09 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
I am just nodding along and nodding along at what you're saying here.

It is very hard to apply for and to keep these kinds of benefits, and they're not enough to live on. They're not intended to be. They're intended to be supplemental.

Welfare fraud does exist, but it generally occurs on the administrative side or the store side rather than the individual person side.

How anyone can suggest that people are just clamoring to be on welfare because it's so awesome is beyond me.