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In reply to the discussion: I am so sick of people that think it's ok to work 3 jobs. [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)7. No its not ok at however when it comes to Public assistance since the so called Welfare reform
in 1996 many states including have made it incredibly difficult for recipients of any public assistance to go to school, in my state you must also work at least one job in order to go to school without being 'sanction' a procees which gradually cuts your cash and food stamp assistance over a period of 3 to 6 months,preferring instead that women find minimum wage jobs and stick with it that's the 'ticket'
now I do not know how old your friend is but this has been in place for 16 years now and somew people seem to think its the norm add to that the stigma for some of being on any form of public assistant and well the die is cast so to speak
a question though how if you friend is working 2 jobs and going to school who's raising her kid?
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There should be a happy medium I agree. My daughter-in-law is having a fit because
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#54
Well it could be. On the other hand I don't think she honestly can give her child the
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#55
Maybe she can work 4 or 5 if she wants to. Why doesn't everyone work 6 or 7 jobs if they want to?
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#4
You see something wrong with people working multiple jobs to better themselves
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2012
#5
That wasn't my take. It's more about being a workohaulic by "necessity" due to the plutocrats
Populist_Prole
Mar 2012
#9
True however the system should be far more supportive of a mom trying to better life
azurnoir
Mar 2012
#14
No its not ok at however when it comes to Public assistance since the so called Welfare reform
azurnoir
Mar 2012
#7
I totally get what you're saying! I'm old enough to remember when employers paid a living wage and
jemsan
Mar 2012
#18
You're getting attacked in this thread but I understand completely what you're saying and I agree.
Maven
Mar 2012
#28
Saying '3 jobs' is vague. Saying how many total hours someone is working would be more clear.
Tx4obama
Mar 2012
#41
That's what I was thinking. It's not the # of jobs, but # of hours worked that counts. nt
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#46
If someone is working so many hours a week that they are too exhausted to drive safely
undeterred
Mar 2012
#52