02-03-2026, 08:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-03-2026, 09:15 PM by Punatang.
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Hilo Julie said:
Let me be abundantly clear here. I think anything and everything we can do to help our impoverished youth and elderly adults and everyone in between that, for whatever reason, don't have it as well off as others is of extreme importance to society. Doing that benefits each and everyone of us. If YOU are committed to doing that, from as they saying goes, cradle to grave, then you deserve a huge compliment, pat on the back and a genuine Thank You.
Now, the being abundantly clear part:
What good does raising and instilling a sense of hope and security in those less fortunate, when as we see today, at a moments notice, on a whim, on a Tuesday or by an Executive Order, (or as I imagine, a bet, similar to the $1.00 bet in the movie Trading Places) or, on the other hand, after months of congressional debate, punctuated by those congressmen and women being threatened to "toe the line" or be faced with career ending "shame" with the result of having that proverbial rug just yanked out from underneath those poor helpless people? Who in desperate need regardless of the how and why, would ever have imagined what did not happen last November 1st?
Coupled with constantly being flooded with the assertion that most, if not all recipients of any and all public assistance are scammers, illegal aliens, already dead or just the spawn of some uncaring mother who needs another kid to make more money?
To be honest, if I was 20 years younger today, I'd put my time and energy into a PAC that would lobby for and get enshrined into absolute law that these public assistance programs be untouchable.
Now, I can already hear the click clack of the keyboards - yes, there is waste, fraud and abuse. But, being brutally honest, I think we could virtually eliminate most of that by putting into place all the necessary and required safeguards to weed out any such waste, fraud and abuse for the cost of a few round trips to play golf from DC to Florida, Bedminster or Scotland, or the costs being incurred in endless frivolous tens of billions of dollars lawsuits against various news outlets as well as the taxpayers for perceived insults.
At any event, if you are truly sincere in your mission, godspeed to you. I truly hope you can be a tremendous help in assisting anyone who needs it. I truly do. I just hope after all that hard work and subsequent reliance given to these kids, moms and elders, YOU don't have to be the one to look those kids, those moms, those elderly in the eye and say "I'm sorry, nothing we can do. It's the law now."
Oh, as for the gang of 8, Barney, my husband and I personally funded, even though they did eventually get, what they should have got last November 1st. No questions asked, no repayment necessary, required or accepted. That would have been way too many quarters to handle anyways. So, I think I got their vote "in my pocket!"
Now, off for yet another round of estrogen shots making a delicious lasagna dinner that can be fully prepared, put into nice Pyrex baking dishes, then frozen and then given to the neighbors tomorrow morning so all they have to do is pop it into their oven later tomorrow afternoon and enjoy!
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Well, it's your option to handle however your compass guides you. The above really is a microcosm of so much on Punaweb and in the world. I'm fascinated that the ballot proposal that I envisioned as a "yes" or "no" vote for the moms (which I'm sure any 8 randomly selected Hawaiians would predictably do the right thing)- was perceived by you to be an election about you against the moms.
It is edifying to have you verify the fact that the people whom you think are not the problem, such as yourself, believe the giving of free stuff to your "constituents" entitles you to have "their vote in your pocket!" That pretty much is the problem - in a nutshell. Something to consider.
Let me be abundantly clear here. I think anything and everything we can do to help our impoverished youth and elderly adults and everyone in between that, for whatever reason, don't have it as well off as others is of extreme importance to society. Doing that benefits each and everyone of us. If YOU are committed to doing that, from as they saying goes, cradle to grave, then you deserve a huge compliment, pat on the back and a genuine Thank You.
Now, the being abundantly clear part:
What good does raising and instilling a sense of hope and security in those less fortunate, when as we see today, at a moments notice, on a whim, on a Tuesday or by an Executive Order, (or as I imagine, a bet, similar to the $1.00 bet in the movie Trading Places) or, on the other hand, after months of congressional debate, punctuated by those congressmen and women being threatened to "toe the line" or be faced with career ending "shame" with the result of having that proverbial rug just yanked out from underneath those poor helpless people? Who in desperate need regardless of the how and why, would ever have imagined what did not happen last November 1st?
Coupled with constantly being flooded with the assertion that most, if not all recipients of any and all public assistance are scammers, illegal aliens, already dead or just the spawn of some uncaring mother who needs another kid to make more money?
To be honest, if I was 20 years younger today, I'd put my time and energy into a PAC that would lobby for and get enshrined into absolute law that these public assistance programs be untouchable.
Now, I can already hear the click clack of the keyboards - yes, there is waste, fraud and abuse. But, being brutally honest, I think we could virtually eliminate most of that by putting into place all the necessary and required safeguards to weed out any such waste, fraud and abuse for the cost of a few round trips to play golf from DC to Florida, Bedminster or Scotland, or the costs being incurred in endless frivolous tens of billions of dollars lawsuits against various news outlets as well as the taxpayers for perceived insults.
At any event, if you are truly sincere in your mission, godspeed to you. I truly hope you can be a tremendous help in assisting anyone who needs it. I truly do. I just hope after all that hard work and subsequent reliance given to these kids, moms and elders, YOU don't have to be the one to look those kids, those moms, those elderly in the eye and say "I'm sorry, nothing we can do. It's the law now."
Oh, as for the gang of 8, Barney, my husband and I personally funded, even though they did eventually get, what they should have got last November 1st. No questions asked, no repayment necessary, required or accepted. That would have been way too many quarters to handle anyways. So, I think I got their vote "in my pocket!"
Now, off for yet another round of estrogen shots making a delicious lasagna dinner that can be fully prepared, put into nice Pyrex baking dishes, then frozen and then given to the neighbors tomorrow morning so all they have to do is pop it into their oven later tomorrow afternoon and enjoy!
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Well, it's your option to handle however your compass guides you. The above really is a microcosm of so much on Punaweb and in the world. I'm fascinated that the ballot proposal that I envisioned as a "yes" or "no" vote for the moms (which I'm sure any 8 randomly selected Hawaiians would predictably do the right thing)- was perceived by you to be an election about you against the moms.
It is edifying to have you verify the fact that the people whom you think are not the problem, such as yourself, believe the giving of free stuff to your "constituents" entitles you to have "their vote in your pocket!" That pretty much is the problem - in a nutshell. Something to consider.