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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	Please Go Back To The Original Post
	Date:	2/28/2012 7:31:17 PM (updated 2/28/2012 7:33:59 PM)

The challenge of fielding the world's best military under these circumstances is indeed a concern. I agree with you.

But lets put the discussion in a different perspective. What are they doing about reducing "entitlements" that only require a person to be breathing to receive? If, in the interest of bringing our country back to fiscal sanity, I have to pay more out of pocket, so be it But nobody should escape the pain, though, and to identify those who WORK or WORKED like our militaryas some of the FIRST to pony up more is just flat wrong. This welfare state we find ourselves in is pathetic.

I have a friend who runs one of those tax preparation services that caters to folks from the projects. The stories I hear about what goes on is pitiful. Why should someone get $10,000 of your and my money back when they didn't contribute a single solitary cent in taxes? And why should we continue to support more and more out-of-wedlock welfare babies borne by mothers who are irresponsible about getting pregnant. If they want to have 20 babies, fine. But they shoudn't be able to make you and me pay for their upbinging. Maybe there ought to be a law of diminishing returns. Baby 1 gets x, baby 2 gets 2/3x, baby 3 gets 1/3x to the point that additional babies get the mother NO additional tax dollars.

And SSI, better known as "crazy checks" is a joke. There is a whole industry of lawyers out there who make their living getting people on SSI that don't belong there. The poor GS-5 Social Security clerk is no match for these scheisters.

OK, blast away. Call me racist, even though I never once mentioned race. But the simple facts are that this country is moving from one that rewards self sufficiency and hard work to one that says "poor baby, here, take some of someone else's money" every time somebody holds out a hand and whimpers a little bit.

And no, I do not begrudge the truly needy or those who need just a little lift to get back on their feet. I do begrudge being someone's wheelchair just because they are too lazy to get up and walk on their own.