The children be darned! Tobacco taxes.

[Cataholic]

So, it IS a little insulting to compare Welfare to Veterans Benefits.

How so? I am not talking about people that take advantage of either program. I am talking about the hard working individual, maybe they have worked 30 years at a low paying job, paying into the benenfit program, and all of a sudden, find them selves out of a job, unable to make ends meet. And, they apply for welfare. They are "entitled" to it, have paid for it, and "deserve" it. Does that make them less of a person, simply because they didn't serve their country?

Benefits are benefits are benefits. No one is better or worse, as a person, because of what they do for a living. And, none of this should be taken as a slight against the enlisted men and women (or former enlisted...).

[Puckstop31]

How so? I am not talking about people that take advantage of either program. I am talking about the hard working individual, maybe they have worked 30 years at a low paying job, paying into the benenfit program, and all of a sudden, find them selves out of a job, unable to make ends meet. And, they apply for welfare. They are "entitled" to it, have paid for it, and "deserve" it. Does that make them less of a person, simply because they didn't serve their country?

Benefits are benefits are benefits. No one is better or worse, as a person, because of what they do for a living. And, none of this should be taken as a slight against the enlisted men and women (or former enlisted...).

I hear ya. I do. The example you provide is what the programs should be for. Limited and for extreme cases... A last resort if you will.

My work takes me to some public housing communities. The things I see there would make anybodies blood just boil. Lots of cars with "bling". Most of the residents are there, all day... hanging out and smoking. Did ALL of these people earn the right to live on our dime?