Welfare isn't something I view as shameful. If you have been on the public dime, I wont look down on you and say you are a dead beat living off of my hard work, because I have been there. If you are a social worker who deals with the unemployed on welfare though, I will think of you as a waste of public money who should go out and get a productive job.
That is not what most people expect from a tax paying citizen, but I said it and I mean it. I say it because when I was on welfare, the case worker did nothing to help me and threatened to take away my welfare if I tried to find a job on my own. Well, not directly threaten, but made clear she was not happy when I left for a job interview when she had nothing planned for me job wise. It was around that time I changed my view on government. I went my own way, as I said before, and turned things around as soon as I started ignoring the social worker, kommune and governments 'demands', which really were empty threats.
The issue came up again today. I was fired from my job and applied for unemployment benefits. The catch is, you are not supposed to be attending any class, even externally, or have any activity other than what they prescribe to you. Why would I have a problem with this? Because I am attending a course with the specific purpose of improving my chances at getting a job. If the office were to find out, they would demand I quit, because they view any activity they do not approve of as detrimental at finding a job. Wow, great logic.
So, I will keep it secret, go to my one class a week and keep doing my own thing, which normally works better. But, I still am amazed by how in control government must be if you are to expect any help from them. It is like my oldest son, a real control freak. He knows best, just like government.
So, am I cheating tax paying citizens by attending a course while I am on the public dime?
That is not what most people expect from a tax paying citizen, but I said it and I mean it. I say it because when I was on welfare, the case worker did nothing to help me and threatened to take away my welfare if I tried to find a job on my own. Well, not directly threaten, but made clear she was not happy when I left for a job interview when she had nothing planned for me job wise. It was around that time I changed my view on government. I went my own way, as I said before, and turned things around as soon as I started ignoring the social worker, kommune and governments 'demands', which really were empty threats.
The issue came up again today. I was fired from my job and applied for unemployment benefits. The catch is, you are not supposed to be attending any class, even externally, or have any activity other than what they prescribe to you. Why would I have a problem with this? Because I am attending a course with the specific purpose of improving my chances at getting a job. If the office were to find out, they would demand I quit, because they view any activity they do not approve of as detrimental at finding a job. Wow, great logic.
So, I will keep it secret, go to my one class a week and keep doing my own thing, which normally works better. But, I still am amazed by how in control government must be if you are to expect any help from them. It is like my oldest son, a real control freak. He knows best, just like government.
So, am I cheating tax paying citizens by attending a course while I am on the public dime?
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