That man's tale of woe was sad and tragic at first. Then he decided that his illness was somehow the responsibility of millions of strangers who struggle to support their own families...that's where I wanted to vomit.

Gov't funded disability makes me sick. It is truly tragic, and as far as I can tell the man did nothing to desrve what happened to him. Damned shame. But it shouldn't be anyone else's "fault" when life beats the snot out of you. The money he was hoping to get was taken, under threat of imprisonment, from people who never knew him, will never know him, and who have much more important responsibilities. I would be ashamed to be part of any program that robs from the majority to fund the minority...that's completely upside down. Government is supposed to do the most good for the greatest number of people, not burden the entire nation with the downfalls of a few.

We are guaranteed the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

We are NOT Guaranteed the right to Life Extended as long as Financially Possible, Liberty with No Risks, and the Pursuit of Happiness without Wheelchairs or Crutches.

Life can be a bitch, and imagining that Legislation can make Life be nice for everyone is ridiculous.

Last, but not least, that man's suffering wouldn't end if he did get disability. That man's family wouldn't suddenly thrive financially with their government pittance check. With the wife working, they wouldn't get much. So, he'd willingly be the recipient of money forcibly taken from millions just to moderately ease their own suffering? That's a damned shame. If it was really about money making his family happy again, he'd get a life insurance policy and arrange a nasty accident. The fact that they're still with him means they LOVE him, and that's what they need from him, not money. I'm sure it'd be far more convenient if they got the disability check every month, but the idea that STEALING money from my family is ok if it tweak his own life a little bit makes me sick.

Or look at it from the opposite view: after all that man's been through, he's still a part of our economy, buying food, gas, utilities, etc., so he's paying into the tax pool as well (or his wife/family is), so look at what our Government DOES with our money and ask yourself which programs are good enough to justify taking money from that man, and others like him. Does it make anyone feel good knowing that some of the money our Government gives awya to foreign nations was taken from this man? Does it help you sleep at night knowing that some of the money spent on corporate bailouts was taken from a man like this?

EVERY dime the government spends should be held in that light: is this program WORTH taking your grandmother's money? Is there enough benefit to the MAJORITY that it's worth taking taxes from the crippled?

It sucks looking at it from that end, and it sucks looking at it from the other end, yet people still clamor for more government programs to pay for more minorities to be paid from the taxpayers' pockets to finance Government "cures" to life's built-in hardships. ANd when the cure fails, people think MORE money must be the fix!

Sorry. This man had my sympathies, right up until he decided that someone else has to PAY, because life short-changed him. No matter how bad he got screwed, no matter how much he was in debt...it's still welfare mentality that makes a man think someone else needs to pony up for what NOBODY did to him. Someone else needs to work a little bit harder, spend a little bit less, sacrifice a little more, to finance a stranger's luck of the draw.

I have been the sole provider for my family for a loooong time. It can be done, whether or not it's hard. And it will never be anyone else's responsibility to finance me through the rough spots. When I started my family, I knew the risks, and willingly accepted them. Would I turn down charity in times of desperation? Not likely. But welfare from the barrel of a gun is NOT charity, and I will never accept money taken against someone else's will just to finance my own, insignificant, private problems when there are so many NATIONAL problems that the Government really IS supposed to fix, but they instead trifle with domestic problems that are not their concern, and they're not capable of fixing.

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