After writing a blog on the guy who flew his plane into the IRS building, I started thinking about what does drive me nuts about the government. Welfare and Medicaid for starters. Welfare paid for by hard working, tax-paying Americans. The majority of welfare benefits is then distributed to lazy, non-working, American wannabes. Keep in mind that I have no problem with Welfare helping people who are willing to help themselves. I have seen enough people using it just because they don't want to take care of themselves. These same people also happen to do drugs, neglect their children, and don't even clean house, let alone work or try for an education. When my older sisters went to high school, they came home and told mom about the lesson they learned in school that day. One of their "teachers" told them to have babies and live off of the government, it's the easiest way to go. I hope that teacher wasn't there very long. The oldest of the two didn't go that route. Unfortunately, the younger one did. She was pregnant at 14, had the baby at 15, started running away from home, and dropped out of high school. Can anyone guess who supports her? All of us! I think there should be a law that refuses government aide to anyone who drops out of high school for at least 10 years.
I know its not a good thing to brag on, but I was pregnant my senior year of high school. I didn't tell my parents, and found the number to life choices (a free clinic that helps pregnant women). At 20 weeks in my pregnancy, I went there, they were very helpful in every way possible. They showed me my options of keeping the baby or giving him up for adoption, a doctor volunteered his time to give me a free ultrasound, they tried talking me into telling someone about it, and they started talking to me about the possibility of welfare. I stopped her immediately. There is no way I was going to suck off the government while I was an able bodied person. She had never heard anyone refuse it before. I don't know if it is sad or sickening, the amount of able bodied people who suck off the government, but you can count me out. I now have 3 boys, I have always earned my own income and taken care of my boys, and now I am up for another round of education. I did graduate high school, and had my 1st boy 2 weeks later.
Politics also get on my nerves. In the beginning of this country, people were elected who really cared about the people and the future of our nation. Now its based on who has the most money donations and flashiest campaign. On top of that, if the person running is not democrat or republican, there is no chance. The last presidential election, I didn't agree with Obama or Palen. I liked the other guy. Wow, look at that last sentence. Palen and the other guy...Palen wasn't running for president, she was running for vice president. She was brought in the race to get attention for the old guy with no name to fight against the racial card Obama had. The other guy I liked, I can't remember his name because he wasn't democratic or republican, and didn't have the constant advertisements. The whole thing depends on the amount in the person's bank, and the people they know. It makes me sick to think that this is how we choose who will run our government.
And I have no intention of destroying any government buildings over my frustrations.
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Welfare frustrates me as well. It's crazy that people who try to make a living, but often make too much for government assistance, but not enough to provide what they need. While others just sit on their butts. If you need a leg up, no problem, but people have to learn to stand on their own at some point.
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