in case you didn't know, the state of NC gives poor people money to help pay their energy bills. it's called a "low income energy assistance" check, and it's issued just like any other state check. our tax dollars pay for it. now I'm all for this, if people really need it.
but what I saw today turned my stomach. see I work in a grocery store, and people bring those checks in to get them cashed. today a couple came in with one of these, telling me how thankful they were to get it because they were so poor.
but as soon as we cashed it for them, they used half of it to buy booze. that's where my tax money goes. how unfair is that?
2006-07-23
15:10:11
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