RC> What is it like to be on welfare and what does it do for your
 RC> self-esteem?

 BA> Apparently it beats working for a living...

not everyone without a job is on welfare but they can still find ways to
provide for their needs... this does not mean that they do not
"work" for their "living"... contrary to what the gov't
believes... 

in the same breath, do not believe those stats about X% are unemployed
because they are always short... i've been unemployed numerous times for
several years in some cases and have never gone down and been added to the
statistics so i know for a fact that they are always at least one entity
short... welfare helps those who are willing to go that route but there are
many others who do not and will not "go there" for their own
reasons...

)\/(ark