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Half-Century Man

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2. I have always wondered how much of the budgets of the safety net programs

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:50 PM

Oct 2015

is eaten by the idle bureaucracy of that safety net program.

In my experience, the petty bureaucrats are more of the "Kim Davis" type of service provider. People actually mad you are asking for what you are legally entitled to.
The idea that a significant portion of the very limited funding goes to reactionary power trippers is very depressing.

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Coping with Helping [View all] madamesilverspurs Oct 2015 OP

K&R! marym625 Oct 2015 #1

I have always wondered how much of the budgets of the safety net programs Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #2

+10000 marym625 Oct 2015 #3

Agreed. silverweb Oct 2015 #4

if you were not there she would not have a job. Downwinder Oct 2015 #6

Burnout's definitely a possibility. silverweb Oct 2015 #7

It probably wouldn't have helped. Downwinder Oct 2015 #9

Anger can be a gift, as the saying goes. silverweb Oct 2015 #10

it could be burn out w0nderer Oct 2015 #12

I have a cousin Worried senior Oct 2015 #16

Lack of empathy is endemic, it seems. silverweb Oct 2015 #17

Even more is eaten up by the privatization that now have the contracts to run the programs. Live and Learn Oct 2015 #5

Yes. silverweb Oct 2015 #8

well it adds w0nderer Oct 2015 #13

Cake! silverweb Oct 2015 #18

Fantastic post w0nderer Oct 2015 #11

What a f'd up system we have! silverweb Oct 2015 #14

This is why i asked for the group w0nderer Oct 2015 #15