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   dtroutma said, 4 months ago

   Same performance potential, much different price. Sorry, the F-22 is a piece of junk that should have been abandoned years ago. It may go fast, and stealthy, but if it never gets more than half-way to its target, it’s worthless.

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   DrCanuck said, 4 months ago

   Well, there’s a big savings right there on that pretty but useless piece of hardware. Perhaps those bucks will go directly to pay for some poor but deserving American for health care.

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   InspectorWingnut said, 4 months ago

   Yes, the people on welfare in my neighborhood do not have enough bmw-leases, cell phones, plasma-televisions, i-pods, and all the expensive Milk, meat, and groceries us other people can’t afford.

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   EnglishTeacher said, 4 months ago

   TheLoveDoctor: It is incorrect to say, “…[things] that us can’t afford.”

   It is what “we” can’t afford. The subjective pronoun is required.

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   oldlegodad said, 4 months ago

   ET he was using the welfare cheats’ vernacular. You know alternative english

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   nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

   Funny Lego …

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   InspectorWingnut said, 4 months ago

   Isn’t that Jacob-2-2’s teacher, or am I seeing things? [Oh, it must be Sarah Palin. Are you a Sarah Palin fan ET?]

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   GNWachs said, 4 months ago

   Re thelovedoctor: I know it varies but I was shocked to read some of the absolute necessities that people on welfare must be given.

   “Persons who submit a REACH OUT WIRELESS® application, together with supporting documentation, and who meet the eligibility requirements will receive a free cellular phone with 365 days of service and a free allotment of airtime minutes each month for one year.

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   Copperdomebodhi said, 4 months ago

   GN: If you want them off of welfare, how are employers supposed to reach them? A telephone isn’ t a luxury in the world today, and a mobile phone hasn’t been a luxury item in at least ten years.

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    cdward said, 4 months ago

    In our world, you can’t get a job without a phone. You can’t make appointments for the doctor (say, for the disabled) without a phone. There’s a lot you can’t do.

    You never know how important something like that is in a society until you don’t have it.

    Unfortunately, it’s not easy to get a REACH OUT WIRELESS even if you’re in need. You have to have access to a phone to get it! (Some people in need use church phones for those calls). Even when you are eligible, it takes weeks, sometimes months to get one.

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    GNWachs said, 4 months ago

    CDMBH: I am financially a very successful physician. I don’t have or need a “mobile” phone. If patients (using your example-employers) want to reach me they just call me at the office or at home. Mobile phones are a great luxury but obviously (see me) not a necessity.

    We are not discussing a simple phone. Those have been mandated for welfare recipients for years. And cdward if you make the call from home you still can get the job.

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    InspectorWingnut said, 4 months ago

    Exactly, GNW. Again, the responsibility for him/herself is best left in the hands of the individual, or you are looking at fraud,abuse, and waste.

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    4uk4ata said, 4 months ago

    “Yes, the people on welfare in my neighborhood do not have enough bmw-leases, cell phones, plasma-televisions, i-pods, and all the expensive Milk, meat, and groceries us other people can’t afford.”

    Oh, I beg your pardon, now the middle class can’t afford basic foodstuffs? Are you kidding me? It’s fine for people to say they prefer pizza, hamburgers or chips over the bleeep veggies, but to say they can’t afford them is absurd. How come they are not the ones on welfare, then?