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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 417703" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Don't get me started! Whoops ... too late!</p><p> </p><p>This has always been one of my biggest pet peeves! It's not just Katie, it's the millions of other "Katies" that have learned to milk the system. No wonder the country is going broke! They get by perfectly well without ever lifting a finger while the rest of us get up and go to work every day and still struggle to make ends meet! Makes me furious! And I don't want to get political here but they make it so easy for them! If the government is paying for your rent, utilities, food and medical care while you do absolutely nothing, who would give that up to work a minimum wage job? I'm a firm believer that these things are supposed to be TEMPORARY, for people who really need them, a helping hand when you need it to get back on your feet. But they have allowed it to become a lifestyle. </p><p> </p><p>Please don't misunderstand ... I have absolutely no problem with government assistance for those who truely need it. Anyone can run in to a rough patch. People get sick, some have chronic conditions that prevent them from working, people lose jobs, lose their insurance. These people really need the help and should get it. But there should be ways of weeding out those who are perfectly capable of pulling their own weight but have chosen instead to let the government support them! Makes me feel like a damn fool for getting up and going to work every day for 45 years!</p><p> </p><p>And something else I don't understand because I've never had any personal experience with it - why do they pay disability for a child? What is this $700 a month supposed to be paying for? Is it supposed to cover medical or mental health costs? Extra expenses you incur for having a child with a disability? Was she spending $700 a month on this child before? Is it costing them $700 a month more to raise him than his siblings? Or is it just "gravy"? I can understand disability for an adult who is unable to work and depends on it for income ... but a child? I have actually heard of families with several children who have a nice monthly income by somehow managing to get every child certified as having some kind of "disability".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 417703, member: 1883"] Don't get me started! Whoops ... too late! This has always been one of my biggest pet peeves! It's not just Katie, it's the millions of other "Katies" that have learned to milk the system. No wonder the country is going broke! They get by perfectly well without ever lifting a finger while the rest of us get up and go to work every day and still struggle to make ends meet! Makes me furious! And I don't want to get political here but they make it so easy for them! If the government is paying for your rent, utilities, food and medical care while you do absolutely nothing, who would give that up to work a minimum wage job? I'm a firm believer that these things are supposed to be TEMPORARY, for people who really need them, a helping hand when you need it to get back on your feet. But they have allowed it to become a lifestyle. Please don't misunderstand ... I have absolutely no problem with government assistance for those who truely need it. Anyone can run in to a rough patch. People get sick, some have chronic conditions that prevent them from working, people lose jobs, lose their insurance. These people really need the help and should get it. But there should be ways of weeding out those who are perfectly capable of pulling their own weight but have chosen instead to let the government support them! Makes me feel like a damn fool for getting up and going to work every day for 45 years! And something else I don't understand because I've never had any personal experience with it - why do they pay disability for a child? What is this $700 a month supposed to be paying for? Is it supposed to cover medical or mental health costs? Extra expenses you incur for having a child with a disability? Was she spending $700 a month on this child before? Is it costing them $700 a month more to raise him than his siblings? Or is it just "gravy"? I can understand disability for an adult who is unable to work and depends on it for income ... but a child? I have actually heard of families with several children who have a nice monthly income by somehow managing to get every child certified as having some kind of "disability". [/QUOTE]
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