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what they want no matter how much we complain. Our leaders
are the cause of Brockton's failure and they continue on the same
path.
Half of Brockton is made up of non-profit. Imagine how much tax
money we lose? Anyone can apply for non-profit and pull the wool
wool over our eyes and they do it all the time.
It's time to tax EVERYONE. No more free rides. That, in itself, would
bring Brockton back from off it's knees.
If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
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- clifton heights
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BrocktonBeat wrote: sick of all these immigrants coming here and having ebt cards and section 8 and driving new cars and keep on pumping out kids and get this they then go to doctors to get their kids diagnosed with adhd to get another government check. We need to stand up for the seniors and lifetime Brocktonians and change some major laws and we can do it all it takes is signatures and it can be passed into law.
I raise my hand in agreement to this. I walked into Kmart the other day and almost collided with a woman carrying a stack of bags on her head. What's wrong with using a shopping cart? This is dumb, I know - to each his own. But it is Third World behavior in the greatest country in the world. My point is that there is no drive or ambition. You are in a new place where success is limitless. Freedom is the magic word. Why not better yourself and advance? Don't you want more for your children? Oh, that's right! Why work if you can receive it for free? I say we need cultural integration to the existing laws and values of our land before we issue EBT cards. What is wrong with a cohesive national identity? I would rather see a blending of our backgrounds and upbringings than the divide created by the new buzz word called "diversity." Instead of focusing on our differences, patriotism should be fostered by respecting and teaching about our similarities.
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FTR, I see this at my work a lot. There appears to be a rumor that people can come here and get free housing, healthcare and benefits. Some of this is true, Emergency masshealth pays for more health benefits than some of our working poor have access to. Some of the health benefit plans that are employer based are awful compared to what Masshealth will pay for. It is frustrating that we are paying taxes and working our asses off and people are coming to the US saying "gimme, gimme, gimme". I also saw this in NYC, when Russian illegal immigrants and Hassidic Jewish families became famous for the adept manipulation of the benefits available to them. On the other hand, I know of many newly "immigrant" families that work hard and make a valuable contribution to our community. In many cases, the countries these folks are fleeing are dirt poor, it's hard to imagine how dire their living conditions are when you haven't visited or spoken to the people who are coming here. In a perfect world, they would learn to read (many are illiterate), and have skills that would contribute to our communities. I am definitely conflicted. I struggle with this. I wish we could sift out the lazy and stupid.
I live in Brockton now.
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What in the hell happened?
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Currently, a good deal of our own citizens are out of work and looking for jobs but are not able to find them. Shouldn't we put a hold on immigration until we resolve this?
Some immigrants come here legally, play by the rules, and break their backs in the attempt to make a better life for themselves and their families. I applaud them.
On the other hand, we allow the world's human refuse to drift in here without any barriers crank out anchor babies and proceed to leech off of us. Are we insane? Round them up and take measures to make sure they don't come back. Take care of our own first!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The word illegal, in itself, should say something. Does our
government even know the meaning of the word?
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boxerfamily wrote: They are unemployed because they made bad decisions!!!
Of course this didn't happen in our country as you can read, but it is a good example.
What does it feel like to be poor?
When I was five years old, I watched my mother break down sobbing in despair after a woman had shrieked at her that she had neglected her child.
My mother had taken me into a shop to buy me school shoes. I had been told to sit down and take my shoes off. As I did so, the lady serving us saw that my feet were far bigger than the shoe size I was wearing. My toes were calloused and I had to curl them to wear the shoes. I had not known that anything was wrong until this point. I only felt the deepest pity for my mother and cried with her.
As a young child, my family went from well off to very poor, very suddenly and very dramatically.
I was in the then Rhodesia with my mother and four siblings. My parents were divorced and my father was in Zambia. He used to transfer money to my mother to feed and clothe us. One day the money abruptly stopped.
My father had lost his farming business due to the economic chaos there, and Zambia had also declared sanctions on Rhodesia, meaning my father could no longer transfer any money at all. My mother suddenly found herself with five children to care for, on a part-time nurse's salary and with no assets to sell. I can remember back over many years and feel the emotions as though it were yesterday. The fear my mother and siblings felt swamped me, and the sorrow of my mother for her children overwhelmed me.
Many years later, I fell into a trap of the fear of poverty, as a result of the experience of my childhood and of sudden greater responsibility. I became trapped in the insatiable thirst for wealth. It very nearly destroyed me. I lost it all and I learned my lesson. I woke up one morning with no money, realising I had not been giving my family the love they deserved.
My life is now not about making money or being successful. I do not live for money. It is a tool. However, I still feel panic and dread at the thought of not being able to look after my family. The work I do will ensure that I am never wealthy but I know my family will always have a better husband and father if I remain true to my commitment to do what would be right rather than what will make us wealthy. It is a very tough rule to follow but I sleep peacefully and so do my wife and children.
Hope you get something out of this.
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