no YOU right-wingers only see what you want to see and nothing will convince you otherwise. According to you, most people who do not work like it that way and are lazy. Are you nuts? Who likes just barely scraping by? My mom got cancer when she was 35 and had 2 young children and a well-educated husband who left her at her sickest and went on welfare to avoid child support. Both were on welfare, only my mom needed it. He was able to claim disibility for something silly like flat feet, and she was too weak to work but could not get on disability. No one would hire her despite her also being educated, because they did not want to hire a cancer patient. My father was scum, and granted there are others like him. But the vast majority are like my mom. And she had to endure condescending assholes (like you) everywhere: cashiers that gave her dirty looks, those that looked down on the freebie clothes she wore, and even some who worked in the welfare office. She needed good medical insurance with her condition. Back then, the insurance was better than most private insurance. So, she gradually recovered and maybe stayed on longer than she had to. Finally, she found a job that could support her in her mid 50's. It was so stressful that she developed heart disease and died at 65 before she could retire (well actually she was forced to retire just over a year earlier because of her health but had planned to work at least a year beyond that and then ENJOY her retirement). You assholes would have disconnected her life support and put her back to work. Again, you are the scum.
The point? Some NEED to be on welfare, and some have no alternative, and some are mentally ill (most who "choose" to be on it probably are in this category). Some are just trapped by circumstances like my mom was. Who are you to judge others you don't even know. You are just assuming, I bet 99% of you don't know one person well enough to assert what you are asserting about them. Do you even know if they are on welfare? Maybe they sell weed!
You just want every penny for yourself. Who in theory doesn't? But most of us who have grown up realize we have a responsibility to pay for things to make our society work and that includes helping those who can't yet help themselves. If you were willing to pay more taxes and not less, or cut military spending, you could pay to give those people the counseling or retraining or education so they can get something they can live on. If we do things your way, what just let them starve? Including kids who are there due to no fault of their own? If they eliminate taxes, are you going to give more than what you paid in taxes to charity? I didn't think so. I bet you are all rich, not willing to shoulder your fair share of the people, while people who make $30k give a far larger chunk of their income. If you had your way, there would eventually be 10 people that own the whole world and everyone else would be starving or locked in perpetual civil war. You make me sick!
The point? Some NEED to be on welfare, and some have no alternative, and some are mentally ill (most who "choose" to be on it probably are in this category). Some are just trapped by circumstances like my mom was. Who are you to judge others you don't even know. You are just assuming, I bet 99% of you don't know one person well enough to assert what you are asserting about them. Do you even know if they are on welfare? Maybe they sell weed!
You just want every penny for yourself. Who in theory doesn't? But most of us who have grown up realize we have a responsibility to pay for things to make our society work and that includes helping those who can't yet help themselves. If you were willing to pay more taxes and not less, or cut military spending, you could pay to give those people the counseling or retraining or education so they can get something they can live on. If we do things your way, what just let them starve? Including kids who are there due to no fault of their own? If they eliminate taxes, are you going to give more than what you paid in taxes to charity? I didn't think so. I bet you are all rich, not willing to shoulder your fair share of the people, while people who make $30k give a far larger chunk of their income. If you had your way, there would eventually be 10 people that own the whole world and everyone else would be starving or locked in perpetual civil war. You make me sick!
