now that you have seen billion dollar companies asking for government help and getting it...do the people on here who once thought paying for welfare and medicaid was bad have a change of heart?...just curious about the tax payers thoughts

I was never opposed to welfare etc,for those that actually need it.

No, because it's still the regular working stiff that gets the shaft either way!!

My mom was a welfare caseworker for almost 35 years.
I loathe the welfare system, how it is. I think we should have welfare, medicade, foodstamps. Absolutly. But the system is set up for people to stay on it, and depend on it. Many times I have seen people quit jobs because they lose to much once they start making their own income. And many people's state of mind is to be on welfare. Their parents were on it. They get on it. Their kids get on it. It's a way of life. It's supposed to just be a stepping stone to help people in need.

I have a tough time making ends meet but I make to much money for any assitance.
However, I can CHOOSE to quit my job. Then I get free food, cash, utilities paid, free rent, free medical. I wouldn't have to pay my daughter's school lunches anymore. Registration fees are gone. I get grants for college. On and on and on. But because I choose to keep a job and support myself and my child, I get no help what so ever. I pay my taxes. I pay for people to stay at home and not get jobs. So it pisses me off when I need help, I can't get any.

But..Jill, how is it set up for people to stay on it now?

There is a 5 yr.(about that) time limit in my state. They have to be working or going to school to stay eligible for it.

Ditto.

There is only a 5 year limit for CASH. You can stay on medicade, foodstamps, section 8 housing, utility assitance as long as you want.

All that money is going to ALL the wrong people!

i get a medicalcard, i couldnt other wise afford to pay for i have dialysis 3 days a week and my meds i have to get monthly

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'correct' answer? does that mean they agreed with you?

I personaly dont want to rent to those people. You cannot count on the state to pay them. And if you have to get rid of them. Your stuck with a pile of junk. Their stuff is my junk.

No, not all of it. There are many people that need it and wouldn't be able to survive without it. It's the ones that just refuse to support themselves that pisses me off. And that it goes totally off your income. Not your income compared to your bills. It should help more people that have to choose whether or not to buy their medicine or food.
AND it should help people that don't have children. As it is right now you can't get assistance unless you have a child or completly disabled.
I have seen SOOO many women have kids just so they can get state aid. It makes me sick. It would be far cheaper to keep a woman on birthcontrol and help her thru school instead of paying all her medical bills from being pregnant. Then paying for the children.

well pats is sayin the middle class pay for the poor and the rich.and samurai jack is right cause it does go to the wrong people in line at a grocery store where you are standing in line waitng for a abuser to pay with food stamps or that card and talking on their cell phone,then get in their $40,000 suv and go.i look at that and say...WTF

AND I get ticked when I'm in a gas station behind someone that's buying 20 bucks worth of crap food and pop with MY tax dollars. Yea, that just makes me wanna trip them on their way out the door.

Dang u RKISIT... u just had to get me started didn't you

there are the few that use WIC and welfare to get on there feet and then quit it,but there are alot who live off of it and find ways to continue to manipulate the system cause they decided to have another bastard child....just sayin

Some of those disabled are not disabled at all. And some disabled are working. Whats with that.