well here goes hmmmm, rascism, how do we live in a country were the soldiers sailors and airmen take offence to everything. i am from the East coast family left when i was youg to persue a better life. hmmm welfare helped with that. now i live in BC and my parents are doing well. they both found work and got off the system as quick as they could. they were not proud to be on the system but you have to do what you have to do. now for all the people who need an incentive to find a job who are on welfare here goes. 3 years in the military. being paid the wages you would be on welfare. we can have babysitters to look after your kids while you are at work. money well spent yes if done right. i live on van island and i watched as some local welfare recipents were put on a project to redo a park. it took a little longer then normal but it worked and it saved the city all their busy skilled workers from doing it. point here is that if our goverment was willing to start making people work for there money i think it would be different out thier. we really need to make people realize it is a privlage not a right to be on welfare.