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Re: Anyone familiar with Section 8 housing in S.C.
Posted by Will Rogers on 8/23/08

The post was well written, and SSSOOOOO true! :-) Nicely done!

Will

On 2/09/08, Mr. Smith wrote:
> On 6/30/07, Mr. Roger's, get a grip wrote:
>> I believe this poster said "unless you have children to support or
>> are disabled get off the welfare." Obviously he/she put that out
>> there. I don't see why a master's degreed person needs section 8
>> either. I work for the state of S.C. and I visit chat boards as my
>> daughter is an aspiring teacher. There are more people on welfare,
>> sucking the system dry, so people who REALLY need it can't get it.
>> There are people like the disabled and laid-off people such as
>> yourself that also need assistance but if someone with a master's
>> degree is looking for public housing and free rent, then I'm thinking
>> someone is looking for a free ride considering they probably went to
>> school for free as well. Get your facts straight sir before you start
>> going off on a tangent. And another thing, children and adults are
>> treated differently, so I wouldn't go around comparing things people
>> say about adults to children.
>>
> I would like to say that I have a Bachelors Degree in English from the
> University of Georgia and I understand this person's situation. Because
> I do not have PhD., I cannot get a job teaching in a college. They will
> not hire you to be a professor if you do not have at least a PhD and
> even then they will start you out at part time hours which could only be
> 20 hours a week. My degree is also not in English Education and I am not
> certified so therefore I cannot teach high school and I was told that I
> would have to go back to college 2 more years just to get certified.
> There is no way possible a person could afford this without a really
> good paying job. So you see it is possible for someone to have to go on
> welfare or section 8 even though they are educated. It is a myth for you
> to think that just because a person has a degree they will get a really
> wonderful, high paying job. This is certainly not true. At almost every
> job that I have applied for, I constantly have been told that I was over
> educated and over qualified to do regular entry level jobs. A lot of
> company's value experience over education, especially if you live in a
> rural area. So do not think that just because a person has a degree that
> they have more opportunities for better jobs. Because that is far from
> the truth. It also depends on what your degree is in. For example, If
> you got halfway through medical school and you almost have an MD, but
> because of finances you were unable to finish. Could you imagine someone
> that was almost a Physician applying for a job at Burger King. What kind
> of response do you think they will get? So before you judge someone you
> need to consider what type of situation they are in. I by the way have
> had to apply for welfare because the rural area in which I live
> unfortunately, does not have a lot of job opportunities for educated
> people with degrees. I did work for a large company and in 3 months I
> was laid off due to computers replacing the job I was doing. A Master's
> degree means nothing if there are no jobs available at the time. Welfare
> and Section 8 is not just for the disabled and uneducated. Something
> else you should know about section 8 is that it is not welfare. A family
> of 3 can get section 8 even if they make $50,000 a year. It goes by your
> income, the more you make the higher your payment, the less you make the
> less your payment will be. Until you do some research you should really
> not judge other people and you also need to get your facts straight. You
> should also learn what section 8 really is before you make false
> accusations. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, SECTION 8 IS NOT PUBLIC
> HOUSING. Research it for yourselves and you will see. It is possible for
> educated people to get in bad situations. They are not exempt from it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/30/07, William Rogers wrote:
>>> On 6/25/07, get off the welfare wrote:
>>>> unless your disbaled or have a bunch of kids, get off the
>>>> welfare. If people with master's degrees are getting section 8
>>>> housing then you know this country is truly pathetic.
>>>>
>>> Well "get off the welfare" I can see parts of south carolina still
>>> has massive levels of ignorance and stupidity. Do you the person's
>>> situation? You know how much in cash they have to move to their
>>> job? I dare say, no you do not.
>>>
>>> Remember the verse - judge not, lest ye be judged." Why not be man
>>> or woman enough to put your name and e-mail on your note, as I
>>> shall do. I was laid off after 9-11, and I was forced on welfare. I
>>> hope to be off soon, in order to feed my two daughters, I am on
>>> welfare, living in public housing.
>>>
>>> You want to help someone, put your money where your mouth s, mail
>>> me $2,500 so I can move to my new job, and I will get off welfare
>>> within a week of getting the funds. Also, I will repay the money at
>>> the rate of $250 a month until I pay it back.
>>>
>>> I am sure the other teacher wants off welfare, but was forced to
>>> for reasons you and I don't know.
>>>
>>> Step up to the plate, or move along.NO teacher needs people who
>>> tear down, but the children need good quality teachers, no matter
>>> how the come to SC.
>>>
>>> Here's my address: wlr107 @ teacher.com (remove the spaces between
>>> the 7 and the @ sign.
>>>
>>> I had my moving money stolen while looking fo a place in Beaufort
>>> to live in...hence my need to the money.
>>>
>>> So are you going to pony up, or shut up?
>>>
>>> Let's see.
>>>
>>> William L. Rogers
>>>
>>> Latrobe, PA trying to move to the Lowcountry to teach


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