THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 17, 1995 TAG: 9512150020
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Slave: One bound in servitude to a person or household as an instrument of labor.
Welfare recipient: The person or household who lives off a slave's work.
If slavery is outlawed, how come I work half of my day for free, as a slave, to support and provide for welfare mothers who perform no work? They receive free food stamps, free housing, free school lunches, free AFSC, a welfare check, free school assistance, free health care, etc. without working, and are financed by me, and I do not get paid by them. Slave by definition.
Can someone please explain to me, if slavery is outlawed, why am I working as a slave to welfare mothers and all of their children.
JOHN MAYWOOD
Virginia Beach, Dec. 7, 1995 by CNB