For those who don't know:
ODSP is a government program that pays out money to keep "disabled" people alive.
OW is an acronym for "Ontario Works" which is the biggest irony I've seen in a decade. You might more commonly know it as "welfare" or "the dole".
Well, how someone with a physical disability is still able to garden, haul wood, and hook, is kinda strange to me.
And how a 23 year old kid is able to collect free money for 4 years without question also kinda, you know, grinds my gears.
Being a slumlord millionaire I see these types come and go all the time. They have no interest in working, ever. They're perfectly capable -- but if you start at 19, transitioning from your mom's cute little cradle to the big scary world, and in both cases some "someone" just is handing you money every month, then there's no bloody way this type of person is ever going to bother with a real job. They find a way to live like sheltered bums to the detriment of the rest of us. Which involves a heavy dose of theft and conniving.
Now, these people aren't the "real" poor. They're physically fit and often times quite sharp. They're just bloodsuckers. And there are so many of them.
Yes, there was a time when I was laid off and had to depend on money. But that was EI money that I paid into for decades.
I guess paying these OW people is just a way to keep them from stealing physically what they'd take anyhow.
-jM
A&D
ODSP is a government program that pays out money to keep "disabled" people alive.
OW is an acronym for "Ontario Works" which is the biggest irony I've seen in a decade. You might more commonly know it as "welfare" or "the dole".
Well, how someone with a physical disability is still able to garden, haul wood, and hook, is kinda strange to me.
And how a 23 year old kid is able to collect free money for 4 years without question also kinda, you know, grinds my gears.
Being a slumlord millionaire I see these types come and go all the time. They have no interest in working, ever. They're perfectly capable -- but if you start at 19, transitioning from your mom's cute little cradle to the big scary world, and in both cases some "someone" just is handing you money every month, then there's no bloody way this type of person is ever going to bother with a real job. They find a way to live like sheltered bums to the detriment of the rest of us. Which involves a heavy dose of theft and conniving.
Now, these people aren't the "real" poor. They're physically fit and often times quite sharp. They're just bloodsuckers. And there are so many of them.
Yes, there was a time when I was laid off and had to depend on money. But that was EI money that I paid into for decades.
I guess paying these OW people is just a way to keep them from stealing physically what they'd take anyhow.
-jM
A&D