GM trucks outsell Ford first quarter !
Well I know there is so much more serious news out there, but I was glad to see the numbers so strong for the first quarter for GM.
Forum Discussion
Cummins12V98 wrote:
"Even with a roommate and social help it's going to be tough to save. Try showing a little compassion in these hard times. Since you are obviously doing OK why don't you donate your stimulus check to those in need?"
I have plenty of compassion. People make choices in their lives.
I will be buying my Daughter that uses a food bank a washer and dryer. She walks to town pulling a cart or takes a taxi to do laundry, this is EXPENSIVE. She has a husband that makes $25 in a lumber mill plus bennies but they are ALWAYS broke. No car and rent is $400. They walk everywhere.
She has told my wife more than once to butt out as "it's my business if I am poor". Her and her husband have tattoos top to bottom and smoke the reefer constantly.
I will NOT give them any money as it will change NOTHING. There are many people in this world like them. This is their life!
By giving them the WD this way they can't PIZZ the money away. In fact I will tell them they need to pay me $30 per month until it's paid off. Do ya think they will do so even tho it's less money than what they actually spend on laundry? I bet not!
I agree with most of this accept not everyone has a proper father(or mother) figure to teach them how to make the right choices and by the time they learn what the right choices are it may be too late for them to get out of it. This is why I hated how welfare programs from the 60's to today that incentivizes fatherless homes. It is a major reason why fatherless homes skyrocketed from 8% in the 1960's to 25% today. These statistics are even worse in minority communities.
I am more than willing to give to those in need, but we need to be cognizant of how we give and who we give to so it does not create a reliance with no want or drive of self betterment and/or be utilized by those who wish to game the system. I feel that a welfare program's success is based on how many people it is able to lift out of poverty, not how many people that it is able to keep in poverty.
