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Have you ever received government assistance.

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I haven't received government assistance, unless disability for maternity leave is considered assistance.
 
When I was in law school and my wife was working, we were eligible for section 8 housing and took advantage of that. We also both received student loans from the government.
Did you pay them back? If so, that's not really govt assistance. I don't think unemployment insurance should count either, it's insurance.
 
Did you pay them back? If so, that's not really govt assistance. I don't think unemployment insurance should count either, it's insurance.

Well, student loans are government assistance in that they are at a lesser rate than a bank loan and are given without as many background checks and such as a bank loan. It's still "government assistance."

And unemployment "insurance" doesn't count? Why not? Isn't all government aid the same? After all, we pay money to the government in many ways, and get it back in many ways. Aren't food stamps "insurance"? We pay our taxes as insurance in the hope that we don't get poor, and if we do, we get aid in exchange for those taxes?

You seem to be nitpicking a bit here to limit what you consider government assistance.
 
Unemployment insurance is paid for by employers to my knowledge, and student loans are repaid.
 
Unemployment insurance is paid for by employers to my knowledge, and student loans are repaid.

I'm not sure why that makes them not "government assistance."

After all, in a sense, you are paying for the unemployment insurance, as it is an amount that your employer is paying that isn't going to you. (Your employer thinks you are worth X and he pays you X minus the cost of health care and unemployment insurance).

In other words, the source of the government money (taxes, forced insurance, etc) doesn't make it any less "government assistance."
 
So your company health insurance is also govt assistance?
 
Are you purposely trying to avoid the subject by refusing to respond to my post?

Of course it isn't and nothing I have said even implies such.
After all, in a sense, you are paying for the unemployment insurance, as it is an amount that your employer is paying that isn't going to you. (Your employer thinks you are worth X and he pays you X minus the cost of health care and unemployment insurance).
Looks like you said it to me.
 
Did you pay them back? If so, that's not really govt assistance. I don't think unemployment insurance should count either, it's insurance.
section 8 housing is assistance that does not get paid back.
 
why not WIC?

it's a great program.
 
Looks like you said it to me.

Oh good grief. Are you that obtuse? I was merely pointing out that the employer takes things out of your paycheck and feels that you are worth what he/she pays you plus all the benefits, which include your insurance and unemployment tax. Therefore, technically, YOU are paying for both.

NOW will you address the real issue here?

Dammit, I keep forgetting that I am supposed to be ignoring you, because you do this every time -- you can't debate the real issue so you pretend your opponent has said something different and you debate that instead.
 
I've never received the type of aid GND asked about, though I'm sure there were times in my life that I qualified. I just didn't consider myself needy enough to take away from someone who really needed it. There's always a waitressing gig or similar if someone wants to work.

Having said that, if I were in a position now that my child had to go without because of my finances, then there's no question. I would suck up my pride and fill out those apps.
 
What sort of assistance are we talking about? There are all sorts of programs beyond unemployment/welfare. There are subsidies and grants and all sorts of **** we get from the government. Are roads part of government assistance? What about scientific research? Huge oil companies who sit on plots of land and collect massive subsidies to not farm the land?

If you get down to it, almost all of us have probably had some form of government assistance in some form.
 
I've never received the type of aid GND asked about, though I'm sure there were times in my life that I qualified. I just didn't consider myself needy enough to take away from someone who really needed it. There's always a waitressing gig or similar if someone wants to work.

Having said that, if I were in a position now that my child had to go without because of my finances, then there's no question. I would suck up my pride and fill out those apps.
Go without what?
 
Oh good grief. Are you that obtuse? I was merely pointing out that the employer takes things out of your paycheck and feels that you are worth what he/she pays you plus all the benefits, which include your insurance and unemployment tax. Therefore, technically, YOU are paying for both.

NOW will you address the real issue here?

Dammit, I keep forgetting that I am supposed to be ignoring you, because you do this every time -- you can't debate the real issue so you pretend your opponent has said something different and you debate that instead.
What's the real issue?
 
We had 2 dentists. I think one of them was free and paid by the city.
 
I haven't received government assistance, unless disability for maternity leave is considered assistance.

It isn't, it's something that you pay for out of your paycheck every week, just like unemployment insurance and social security. Since you specifically paid for it, it's not government assistance.
 
None of these, but I've gotten government assistance via stafford loans and tax credits for college tuition.

That's exactly what I was thinking. And that's the only assistance I have ever received.

I did file an unemployment claim once in a panic when I got laid off and after I burned through 3/4's of my emergency savings while job hunting. I was hired before the first check was mailed by them so I canceled it, but the intention was still there on my part.
 
Nope, nothing. I did get unemployment once, back when it was $47.00 a week.
 
Female--married: No assistance.
 
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