Looking for a Handout
I believe in working to earn a living. There have been several occasions since I’ve become a mother when my family and I have received government assistance, but it’s not because that’s the way I wanted it to be. I have worked for my entire adult life, except for a year and a half when circumstances beyond my control made it just about impossible. And even when we have needed help, I’ve tried hard to keep it to a minimum because I knew there were people who needed it more than we did.
Now, we’re down to no assistance except for health insurance (with a copay) for Pumpkin. We’re barely scraping by, but I’m proud that we are independent. And it just makes me really angry that some people arrange their lives so that the government will pay their way.
A prime example is someone in Hubby’s family. She has five kids with four different fathers, and she doesn’t work. Her husband only does an occasional odd job. They receive every possible type of assistance for families, plus she collects disability for two or three of the kids. I was shocked that she got her tubes tied, because that means that she won’t be able to milk any more money out of the system. And before you start sending hate mail, know that she’s not having kids just because she loves kids. (I don’t condone that when you can’t support them yourself, but I can almost understand it.) She hardly takes care of the ones she has, and never sees the one that lives with her father.
But what bothers me even more than that is when people who already have plenty of money get money from the government. Money that comes from taxes I paid because I worked my butt off to earn a dollar. You know who I’m talking about. These high-level bankers and insurance people who think nothing of buying a Rolex Daytona for every day of the week while we little people are juggling bills so we can feed our families and keep a roof over their heads. Their bonuses were handed to them on a silver platter out of the bailout funds that were supposedly being used to keep their companies afloat.
I’m glad to see that our president is trying to take back most of it. But all this crap could have been prevented with closer oversight. At least the public is finally starting to protest. If there is a large enough outcry, maybe, just maybe, it will force the government to stop stealing from the poor to give to the rich.
