Oh, come now, Ken, I doubt even Kennedy would object to work programs
for the poor as long as they got paid decent wages.

I don't particularly like him; he's too liberal even for me, but I do
think he'd not be against work programs as long as they weren't
exploitive or paid pennies.

Kat


ken barber wrote:
> how dare us ask the poor to work, where is your
> compassion?
>   pam, i agree, but every program that is proposed
> that includes "WORK" as part of the deal is called
> cruel and heartless. and thats the truth. our buddy
> ted kennedy dose/would have a coniption fit.
>
>  --- pam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>I wish we had something like the WPA today. Give
>>people, including those on
>>welfare, a chance to provide for their
>>families while doing worthwhile work and then watch
>>what happens to the
>>economy and peoples lives!
>>
>>Pam
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Cleveland, Kyle E."
>>
>>
>>>Pam, I can't take credit for that one.  I got it
>>
>>from my father, a
>>
>>>Dixie-crat who felt that the Kennedy's ruined the
>>
>>party--a stance made
>>even
>>
>>>stronger by his hero-worship of FDR and the WPA,
>>
>>NRA, etc.  My grandfather
>>
>>>kept his family alive by building post offices
>>
>>throughout the Deep South
>>for
>>
>>>$1/day as a WPA carpenter.  Anyway, Daddy has an
>>
>>old wheeze, "They should
>>
>>>never have shot Jack or Bobby in the '60s--they
>>
>>should have got Rose and
>>
>>>that old ^$$%!!, Joe in the '20s."
>>>
>>>The Old Man has softened quite a bit in his
>>
>>politics in the last few
>>years,
>>
>>>though he's never forgiven Kennedy and Johnson for
>>
>>sending him to watch
>>his
>>
>>>friends die for naught South East Asia.
>>>
>>>Kyle