Originally Posted by Vampgrrl

Well when I was in college I wasn't just a broke student, I was typically one inch from being out of the street. I went days without any food to eat at all. I had extenuating circumstances that from 96-97 I didn't have a job. I did make it through just BARELY on student loans which I now have to repay, $22,000!

If to better myself I have to repay this debt why shouldn't welfare aid recipients have to do the same?

I've been on both ends...in 2001 I made $45,000 as a single person no property. And I was taxed about $10,000 in that year alone. I mean to me that's alot of money and b/c being single, no kids, no house...the govt was raking me over the coals as to them I was very wealthy. Political types use tax payer money as vote buying schemes really, that's either handouts, pork, military "pork", whatever. Very little of what's collected actually goes toward what the Constitution of the United States intended for the role of the federal government.

Ever hear of the Earned Income Child credit for taxes? Did you know if you paid little to no taxes, PAID NO TAXES (this is important) and you get a credit for such and such for having a kid, the IRS cuts you a check for money you didn't even pay.
It's free to you but ya know it came out of someone else's pocket? Someone else had to work and earn that money. But what does Congress care..it's a great way to buy votes.