Is dhw Safe??? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, August 14, 2011, 15:21 (4829 days ago) @ dhw

First of all, let me say that my already strong admiration for Matt has now doubled after reading the extraordinary story of his childhood. Thank you very much for telling us about it. Your mother must be a pretty amazing character too.-I've wondered about Matt's mother also. She should be about 50+ now?
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> I'm totally in favour of helping people to help themselves, and I'm totally against those who abuse the welfare system. But while I don't know enough about the American system to comment directly, I'm a little dubious when David writes: "Clinton was forced to end our welfare system in the mid-1990's but the recipients survived and improved." I just wonder how anyone can possibly know this. None of the people left without welfare died, or committed suicide, or turned to crime?-Our statistics support my statement, but I have nothing at hand to quote at the moment. We do have 40 million folks on food stamps at the moment.