My mother worked at the Department of Human Resources for over 25 years. She interviewed clients for "food-stamps", a very depressing job. Some days she would come home crying...knowing that she had to approve fraudulent paperwork (by law) for someone she had seen for years and just refused to work and over those years added a child per year, the client knowing the more children you have the more food stamps you get. Then she would have to turn around and turn someone down that truly needed the help all because some of the paperwork was not in order (because they just needed a little help and used to filling out the paperwork month after month, year after year; not a lifer).
One lady begged my mother to take her children home (my mother cried for days) with her because the ladies husband had left her and 2 children, turned of the electric and water, she had no money no food. She was feeding her children popcorn and stole water from the neighbors til she could get help and then she was turned down, once again because the paperwork.....but not for the lifers that know how to work the system, their paperwork was always in order.
The system is broke and needs fixing. I too realize that I pay into a system that will not help me later in life....I find that disheartening and depressing. But what upsets me most is that other people (common everyday people/voters) think they have the right to give my money away to programs that do not work as they were intended. Fix it or do away with it!! Simple enough. Those in the system for more then 3 years get booted. That's 3 years to get a job, anyone can find a job in 3 years, etc...that's fair!
Chickenthief - I hear you, you are not alone and I think you are just being realistic. I'm not one of those that thinks everyone needs a trophy or a free ride!!
One lady begged my mother to take her children home (my mother cried for days) with her because the ladies husband had left her and 2 children, turned of the electric and water, she had no money no food. She was feeding her children popcorn and stole water from the neighbors til she could get help and then she was turned down, once again because the paperwork.....but not for the lifers that know how to work the system, their paperwork was always in order.
The system is broke and needs fixing. I too realize that I pay into a system that will not help me later in life....I find that disheartening and depressing. But what upsets me most is that other people (common everyday people/voters) think they have the right to give my money away to programs that do not work as they were intended. Fix it or do away with it!! Simple enough. Those in the system for more then 3 years get booted. That's 3 years to get a job, anyone can find a job in 3 years, etc...that's fair!
Chickenthief - I hear you, you are not alone and I think you are just being realistic. I'm not one of those that thinks everyone needs a trophy or a free ride!!
