10-21-2008, 04:16 AM
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Originally posted by macuu222
Can you blame families for trying to save some money? I know that if I was in that situation, I would have probably done the same thing regardless of the programs intent.
There are always people willing to take advantage of other people's good intentions.
Are you really that greedy? You would rather they drop the program from helping low-income children to save a few bucks? I can't even get my head around how selfish you would have to be to take advantage of a program like that.
I know that's harsh, but it's true. The whole reason they ended up dropping the program is because of people with that same selfish attitude.
As a conservative, I'm not against helping people with real needs. I'm all for it. I donate to charities, churches and volunteer when I can. But, when people take advantage of the situation it just infuriates me. That's the problem with a welfare state system. You try to help a few people with needs and you end up getting taken advantage of by people without needs.
When are we going to stand-up for personal responsibility? Wouldn't we all be better off if we would stop trying to get what we can for ourselves and help one another? Wouldn't Hawaii and Puna be better off?
ok, I'm off my soap box now... [
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