Have you been on welfare for a while?

Question

I can understand needing help thru a bad spell, but if you've been on welfare for more than a year, I think it's time you got your *** in gear. I just want someone who's been enjoying these "government" benefits to admit that they are getting something for nothing at the expense, blood, sweat, and tears of hardworking Americans working 2 and 3 jobs to not only make ends meet, but to pay their taxes so that people like you can sit on their butts and have kids that they can't afford to take care of. I guess my question is, when you get that welfare check, do you even FOR ONE MINUTE stop to think about the sacrifices that others are making just so that you can continue be lazy?

Answer 1

I've never been on welfare. I never plan on being on welfare either. I'll work if it kills me.

Answer 2

I've never been on welfare--

But I had to point out another aspect here. My husband was on welfare for 5 years as a child because his dad was a deadbeat and his mom couldn't make enough money to provide for him and his brother and sister. He has horrible memories of people making snide remarks to his mom in his presence when they went to the Social Security Office each month.
I have so much disgust for his father for doing that to him. He was only 7 years old and a product of what the adults around him were doing.
Just remember that the kids are innocent in all this...

Answer 3

I've (fortunately) never had to rely on any type of public assistance, but I certainly understand where you're coming from, and I agree--to a point. Some people are just breeding machines and have more kids just to get more money.

However, there are people like my husband (when he was a child) whose dad didn't pay child support, and his mom was stuck raising three kids and working three jobs. Even after all that, she still had to rely on Section 8 housing and foodstamps for a while.

Please--never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes.