camille65
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Joined: 7/11/2007 From: Austin Texas Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DomAviator Correct most of the city is there, its just a mess that needs cleaning up. Which isnt happening because 150,000 of the residents who should be there are doing lucrative clean up and rebuilding work are instead here in Houston, sucking the taxpayers tit for 2-1/2 years, saying they cant get jobs, committing felonies to the point where our crime rate doubled. FEMA is wanting to cut off the housing assistance and they are going crazy that the govt would dare say enough after 2-1/2 years. As I said there is PLENTY of work to be had in Houston - but the Katrina refugees dont want to paint pipe in a refinery, or to drive truck (A Class A CDL school is only $300 and a lot of employers will lay it out for you and deduct it from your pay), or to work in the Walmart, or as a sandblaster at rig yard... No as the backwards baseball cap wearing pants halfway around his ass loser who walked into my business said "Yo man, I want to be a motherfuckin airline pilot hook me up!" He didnt even get the "looking for a sign off on his job search card" needed to renew his benefits. I took in a 'victim' for over a year, paid for her to come to Michigan and stay with me until things settled for her.She refused to work, to clean or run errands for me. That is all that I was asking as 'payment'. In exchange she had free run of my house, cable TV and high speed internet. All utilities paid for and most of the food was paid for by me. It took over a year to get her out of my house. She was appalled at the idea of working or supporting herself because it wasn't that way in 'N.O.' so why bother now? She received FEMA checks and other government aid while living with me. The entire time she watched as I struggled for SSI or SS or MediCaid help because I physically can't work. She regaled me with stories of how her family used the system, how all the friends she had used the system. At her age (32) she had long been adept at using and scamming. It was a normal part of her life, and the life of every one she knew. I found out much later that where she lived had not even been touched by Katrina. She moved up here to avoid the mess and hassle of rebuilding and cleaning up her city. Now I am not saying that every person is like that, but she is my own personal example of generational welfare and the attitude that comes with it.
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