[Nathans_Dad]

Well Steve, this is where you and I will just have to agree to disagree. I patently reject the notion that some people are just destined to fail in life no matter how hard they work because they were "dealt a bad hand". Beethoven went DEAF in his childhood and still managed to compose some of the most beautiful music in our civilization. I have seen too many people pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make it in life to agree with the notion that some folks are just "losers" and we should put them on the gubmint dole. I completely am in favor of charity and I think that the government should have a support system for those who fall on hard times. But I think that support system should be geared towards bringing that person back into the workforce and returning them to productive society. Welfare, on the other hand, pays the individual for sitting on their can, pays them for having multiple children which they cannot support and penalizes them for going out and working (ever hear the stories of how people can't work at McDonalds while on welfare because they then "make too much" even though it is still less than their welfare check?).

Liberals need to realize that welfare is perpetuating poverty and reliance on the government for daily essentials in this country. It is NOT the government's job to provide a lifetime of welfare checks to those who choose to not work, even if you think they are genetically inferior to you.