tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447358636063030336.post7819209916311745327..comments2022-03-25T02:48:40.493-05:00Comments on Soapbox Suds: The Untitled Rant, Part 1: Who Are the Poor?Corey Fieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660090076398374186noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447358636063030336.post-20962254315063599642011-09-01T20:35:50.707-05:002011-09-01T20:35:50.707-05:00Corey, Thanks for bringing up the issue of this gr...Corey, Thanks for bringing up the issue of this growing "blame" being cast on the poor in this nation. I work in one of the poorest communities in Richmond and while there is fraud in the system it is not the poor who are benefiting. If they were the ones milking the system for large gains, they would obviously not be poor. The fraud I have seen has been organizations who are manipulating the desperate and taking all the profit. It is the large scale medicaid scams and not the single mom drawing TANF that is the real problem. Being a minister working among the poor it is very disheartening to read and hear the kinds of comments you noted. Thank you for revealing how misguided these kinds of comments are.Wendy McCaighttp://www.wendymccaig.comnoreply@blogger.com