This evening, as I was driving with my sirens wailing, I wondered how could people possibly be so crazy? Well, actually I was thinking first and foremost: This is going to be nuts. Secondly, I was wondereing about the crazy thing.
Oh yes, Did I mention I was driving to find a guy who poured gasoline over his head then lit himself on fire? How could I forget.
This poor kid. Only 16 years old and screwed up as ever.
This town is just notorious for white trash and all that comes with it. It's got 19 year old kids selling dope in the parks to 16 year olds.
Me and Ivan sat down to breakfast this morning and started to discuss the way our little town's society is. My views have definitly changed. Not just from being a cop, but just from getting older. I use to almost consider myself somewhat of a socialist! I thought everyone should get their share of money, food, wealth, etc.
My views have changed drastically.
On welfare: One year cap, and the reciever must show LEGITAMATE job endevours.
Can I even convey to you the reality of welfare, how I've seen a completely different side than I ever thought before? The majority of people I assist are on welfare. They don't know how to handle their own problems. They expect someone else to come in and take care of the hard stuff. They want to live with food, money, and ciggerates...all without working. Thier houses smell like moldy milk, cat crap, and weeks and weeks of dirty clothes. The floors are not covered with carpet, they are covered with old clothes, old newspapers, and TV dinner trash. The kids do not know what it is to respect their elders, or any authority for that matter. They call us "Po-Po" as their parents whisper things in thier ear to train them early for disliking law enforcment. They flip us the bird. They are too young to know what it is but the loving parents they have tell them to do it because, well it's plain funny. The kids grow up with magazines of porn lying around the house, along with dirty needles and childmolesters.
Days like these I am thankful for my parents who raised all 12 of us just right!
I heard that if you take an upper-middle class family and a family on welfare, switch their situations around, each family will be back where they were at originally within the year. Do you think that's true?
3 comments:
Tiff, very well said. This is part of what scares me about the government and Obama wanting to 'create an establishment to re-distribute wealth'. We are on our way to a socialistic society.
That is one thing I love about Dave Ramsey, too- he is all about getting up and fighting for your life and taking charge of your own situation. Like he says about wages .... "raises are effective when YOU are!"
I think we knew in our house we weren't going to get something unless we bought it ourselves. It was hard as a kid, but as an adult I am forever thankful for the ability to work and have a desire to work.
great post today.....
love ya and miss ya and wish I were around to discuss all this!
(PS- you NEED to read Atlas Shrugged. Seriously)
PS- did I tell you you're my hero?
Great post Tiff. Very well said. And I'm sorry you're treated with disrespect. Thanks for making a difference in the world :)
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