Welfare Quotations
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The following are taken from actual letters, received by welfare departments
in applications for support. All are true.
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1. I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children. I had seven but one died, which was baptised on a half sheet of paper.
2. I am writing the welfare department to say my baby was born two years old. When do I get my money?
3. Mrs. Jones had not had any clothes for two years, and had been visited regularly by the clergy.
4. I cannot get sick pay. I have six children can you tell me why?
5. I am glad to report that my husband who was missing is dead.
6. This is my eighth child. What are you going to do about it?
7. Please find for sure that my husband is dead. The man whom I am now living can't do anything until he is sure.
8. I am very much annoyed that you have branded my son illiterate. This is a dirty lie, as I was married a week before he was born.
9. I have no children yet as my husband is a truck driver and works day and night.
10.I want my money quick. I have been in bed with the doctor for two weeks, and he doesn't do me any good. If things don't improve soon, I'll have to send for another doctor.
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Get Me Outta Here!!
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Email: davefr@bellatlantic.net
