"Because four years isn't enough time to get anything done."
Since when?
Oh right since Obama sucked.
>I am thankful for these assistance services, and I can imagine that there are others like myself who have been in this situation.
The point I am trying to make is that without the availability of a program like SNAP or Medicaid, there would be no limit to how far people could fall. I would fight hard to preserve the availability of SNAP and Medicaid because I have seen that anybody can fall...<
Yeah BUT
Remember when that oil rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico and Obama came back with a "moratorium" on drilling that put hundreds of thousands out of work? And they complained to Congress about not having jobs for months? And Obama's answer was, OK but so what, you get unemployment.
That's the problem with those programs, the new, progressive, totally destructive attitude that if you, a trained worker, get government aid...you can STAY there, cause that's as good as a job.
I don't want to "preserve" the middle class. I want an economy where you have to take extra steps to STAY middle class, like, refusing to invest anything or set up an IRA. But to our Paternal Government, once you get your guaranteed income, anything else is Extra. Extra belongs to Government first, your family last.