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Welfare, Access recipients flocking to Pennsylvania
Welfare and Access Cards are a way of life for the majority of the families that have them.
The first move for these types of people from New York and New Jersey when they arrive here in Pennsylvania is to get to the welfare office and apply for an Access Card. People who want to work are leaving Pennsylvania to find employment.
Inviting people to go on welfare and come to Pennsylvania keeps the population on the rise and the politicians in office.
I, too, follow Access people in the checkout line with their full baskets. When they go outside to load their vehicle, the vehicle is brand-spanking new.
Stop supporting freeloaders from moving to Pennsylvania to go on welfare. It is costing me money. I work for a living.
Advocate supports an animal-free circus
It is that time of year when the local Shriners sponsor their annual circus, and the Arena will again accommodate Barnum & Bailey’s “Greatest Show on Earth.” Although these events are touted as “family entertainment,” it is ludicrous to assert that the blatant exploitation of other living species for the sake of profit should be referred to as such.
It is degrading and humiliating for elephants to perform athletic stunts while entertaining callous insensitive humans. Bears, lions, tigers and primates are also forced to perform unnatural tricks like balancing on high wires, riding bicycles and jumping through flames.
Even though the circus proprietors claim they feed and water their “profit makers,” it is a stressful existence for animals to travel confined in cattle cars deprived of a natural life and surroundings.
We are not endeavoring to abolish the circus, but endorse an “animal free” exhibition such as Cirque du Soleil. If human performers wish to walk a tight wire or trapeze and jump through hoops of fire, they have a choice to do so.
The animal rights movement continues to grow due to enlightened individuals who have a vision for a world where species exploitation will be abolished. For more information, go to hsus.org.
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