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[QUOTE="zio, post: 328702, member: 19332"]
What's really sad is that it starts to make me, at least, resent the people on social/welfare programs and the people who don't earn enough to pay income taxes.

That's not right, I know, and I don't harbor any hard feelings otherwise, but man I HATe thinking that everytime I work harder, improve my skills & earn more money, I have to fork over a larger percentage to people who [i]aren't[/i] working harder.  I'm to the point where I'm readyt o say "Screw 'em all", every man for himself.  Afterall, no one is helping me out any.  And I don't expect it either".

Sure, I'm glad for my sister who was able to get food stamps when she and my bro-in-law were in school & poorer than dirt.  But that's all the help they took.  And as soon as they were able, the got off it.

My grandmother on my mom's side is a great example of someone who took advantage of the system.  Count 'em- ELEVEN children, who knows how many different fathers, and you can bet the kids didn't ever see a dime of the welfare check.  I'm ashamed of my own family.

Now on my father's side it was different- 8 children, never once did they go on welfare.  My grandmother worked two, sometimes three jobs (because my grandfather was a filandering, womanizing drunk gambler... ay, fugetaboutit)
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