Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
reply to post by Cuervo
Tea Party people don't complain about people that use the system to survive, and by the way, that is a pretty broad statement. Tea Party people
complain about those that are leeches on the system. They complain about the Zero Liability Voters. They complain about those lazy, good for nothing
people that believe that they are entitled to other people's money by virtue of their existence. I don't know any Conservative or any Tea Party
member that is against a tax paying citizen that has fallen on hard times receiving some help, because chances are that help will be temporary, until
that person gets back on their feet. The difference is that person has pride and doesn't want to be relying on the system. The leech has no pride
and has no problem living off of the hard work of others. The one thing that I will say is that any real Conservative does have a problem with
welfare being handled at the federal level, because it is unconstitutional (Art1, Sec 8) instead it should be handled by the individual states. I
live in Virginia, so why should my tax dollars pay for the food stamps of someone that lives in Michigan, or any other state besides Virginia?
Who are these "leeches"? How can you possibly know if somebody is a leech or not?! And I'm the one making the broad statements? You are either
for or against helping people in need. Being on welfare is not a preferable way of life and in my past work with the system and the impoverished (in
various non-profits that I've chaired), not one person "chose" to be on welfare. Nobody I ever helped or worked with would choose that way of
life. And don't even start on illegal immigrants getting welfare... that is a freakin' MYTH. You can't. Even
legal immigrants are
severely limited in the federal help they can get.
As far as your last sentence goes, yeah... I can totally get behind why that would make you mad. It should be more state-centric. Believe it or not,
I'm very much a state's rights guy. I think somebody else on this thread said it best: "It's really none of our business what their situation
is"
