Current mood:
mellow
At one point in time, people in America knew that if they didn't pull their weight, they would not survive.
It was a simple:
Work = You could achieve the American dream.
Don't work = You got exactly what you worked for, nothing
Lazy people were weeded out rather quickly. That motivation doesn't exist anymore.
It doesn't exist because that formula isn't valid anymore:
You don't work = The government gives you a check.
You work = You get taxed like a medieval peasant and have little left but the pride of your labor.
While the hard-working honest American spends more and more time away from home to try and make ends meet, our hard earned paychecks are taxed more and more every year to support those who:
Refuse to work
Breed like rabbits and expect others to care for their children
Are "disabled": alcoholics, drug addicts and those looking to milk the system after a minor injury.
It is a point of great disgust and animosity among many honest, hard-working individuals to see how these so-called "poor" spend our tax dollars. New cars, gambling, jewelry, manicures; and no ground-round for them; only the finest cuts of meat make it into their shopping carts. It is the hard-working American supporting these slugs who are buying hamburger; we cant afford anything else.
Healthcare?
Many hard working people can not afford or do not have this basic necessity (now considered a luxury by many). But those collecting our tax dollars do, all the while putting a tremendous strain on the healthcare industry, which is why the working American can no longer afford this basic need, we have to pay for their healthcare instead.
At one time, this social blight called welfare was intended for those who fell on hard times or those with crippling injuries. Sadly, these are the people who rarely qualify for this aid anymore. Instead, those with little more motivation than to hold out their hands are getting them filled with our tax dollars. We have became a society that rewards the lazy and unmotivated while punishing the hard-working and honest.
It is disgusting to see our senior citizens who worked all their lives and paid taxes, or military veterans who have made this country a better place for all of us now forced to choose between their medications or food while the lazy are given both while offering nothing in return.
It is time that these burdens on our society are treated accordingly. If you are an American who is too lazy to find gainful employment, then live with your decision and go without. If you are an illegal immigrant (all immigrants, not just Mexicans), pack your bags because you should be shipped back.