Posts by MsMcDucket

for a long time, before working with people in this situation, i would have answered this question with .... "i feel for them and i know how degrading it must be, to come to this point in their life to have to depend on the government to sustain them" .

... once i got up close and personal with these people, i have learned that my answer only applies to a small group of those on government assistance.

well from my experience, those on government assistance are more often about taking advantage of the system, then they are about actually being in need of help.

MsMcDucket

but in the US, when you receive
unemployment insurance (which is paid by the state), they take federal taxes out of it!

Yep, they sure do. I wasn't able to get back to work until May of 2004. The doc took the trach out, but I still have one paralyzed cord. I managed to make too much money, so I have/had to pay taxes of about $2100.00 on federal and about $450.00 on state. Kinda added insult to injury. I didn't make that much and I had 3 children living in the home.

Kind of a side joke here:

Yes, those poor people do have to pay taxes. Do you know how much it cost to get cigarettes and beer, nowadays!

After having said that, I must say that I don't believe that all people on welfare or government assistance are drug addicts and alcoholics.

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How do you feel about people on government assistence?

by free2beme in

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for a long time, before working with people in this situation, i would have answered this question with .... "i feel for them and i know how degrading it must be, to come to this point in their life to have to depend on the government to sustain them" .

... once i got up close and personal with these people, i have learned that my answer only applies to a small group of those on government assistance.

well from my experience, those on government assistance are more often about taking advantage of the system, then they are about actually being in need of help.

MsMcDucket

After I had my thyroidectomy and ended up with a tracheostomy, I lost my job. In order to get unemployment, I had to keep seeking a job. I remember looking for jobs, while I had the tracheostomy. People would just look at me like I was a nut. There was no way in hell that they were going to hire me. I had applied for Social Security, but was found ineligible. They said that the disability wouldn't last for long. Talk about one of the most frustrating times in my life. Medical bills mounted. My husband is a 100% disabled veteran. He couldn't go out and get a job either, who's going to hire someone with their entire leg and half their pelvis missing.... who, also, has other disabilities? We did receive Social Security benefits and VA benefits for him (Heck, he gave up his leg for his country. He was told that he had to join the army at the age of 18.).

People b*tch and moan about the veteran's getting their benefits, too. I just don't get it?? I'm working now, but I'm behind on medical bills. I made my doctor write a statement saying that I was able to work and that I had no restrictions.

Each individual should be judged according to their situation. There will always be "death and taxes". Might as well get used to it.

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Guardian site

by Peppermint in

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1687735,00.html

edited to make link clickable ~ scully

MsMcDucket

If only we could get our family members to read it, and to understand it. Their skulls are stronger than titanium steel. I want to email this to my daughters, but I know that they won't even open my email. They think I'm the devil.

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Sicker than a dog last night - info needed

by Lady Lee in

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when i get sick it is rarely very bad.

i have a pretty strong stomach and can only recall twice when i was so sick to have my head hanging over the toilet.

once when i got food poisoning and when my appendix almost burst.

MsMcDucket

My husband makes me take my cell phone wherever I go, but it not going to be of any use if you've passed out.

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Sicker than a dog last night - info needed

by Lady Lee in

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when i get sick it is rarely very bad.

i have a pretty strong stomach and can only recall twice when i was so sick to have my head hanging over the toilet.

once when i got food poisoning and when my appendix almost burst.

MsMcDucket

I've taken a much more independent approach to situations like these: ride it out .

You can't do that with me. I'm a diabetic. I, also, have hypothyroidism. The newest thing that I have is the paralyzed vocal cord that causes laryngospasms (Talk about thinking that you'll never be able to breathe again!). My daughter and my husband dragged me to bed, checked my blood sugar, and checked my blood pressure. By the time the paramedics got there, it was over. I was too tired to go to the hospital. My husband didn't want me in the hospital, again. So, I didn't go; but the doctor said that I should have went in. He made me go in and stay overnight to be watched. Then he wanted me to go see a neurologist. I've been to so many doctors since that horrible thyroidectomy that I don't want to see anymore. It, usually, ends up with me being hospitalized. (sigh)

I think I clicked on the quote box too many times. So, I decided to write something in here! Eheh! I use to have a picture of me with a tracheostomy. If I find it, I'll post it. If I take a good enough picture, you can see the scar.

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Gangas & NWT

by voltaire in

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i heard an interesting program the other night that reminded me of the debates/questions that arise about the tanslation of the nwt.

it has been asserted that since george gangas was a speaker of modern greek he was not qualified to translate biblical greek.

the progam i heard is hosted by milt rosenberg on wgn 720 and the guests were two linguists from illinois universities ( i can't recall their names).

MsMcDucket

I have to admit what you all are talking about is "Greek" to me.

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What is something that you consider attractive, and unattractive?

by free2beme in

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in human sexuality, we all have things that turn us on and things that turn us off, things that attract us and things that don't.

often people think it is all about what you see in advertising, but often it is smaller things we think less of and yet it dominates our sex drive.

for example, in a case study we did, we found that a lot of people would immediately answer things like "eyes" or "legs" and yet as we drove deeper into their answers, we found that eyes and legs were not what attracted people.

MsMcDucket

If I am right, then why is it that I always see good looking women with good looking men? And why is it that I can never attract a good looking woman? I'm very average looking.

Sounds like you have a bad self image, which may prevent you from approaching women that are attractive to you. I think that you need to be more confident in your quest. Do you like women that wear make-up and dress up? Or not? Is that a turn off to you? What are you looking for in a woman?

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What would you do...

by MsMcDucket in

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if someone showed up at your door broke down from being shunned?

would you take them in?

kick them out?

MsMcDucket

Well, the only reason that I wrote this is there is someone who has posted on the board that they need help.