Maybe you should cut out some extra cirricular activities and get off welfare.

I mean if you can't support yourself, why are you out there doing charity?

because i really want a change...NOT JUST TO SIT ON MY ASS AND COMPLAIN.

and why get off welfare i only plan to be on it for a few more semesters as i finish college...and then i'll be off and contributing..but i bet you i won't be complaining.

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Sorry to sound so cold here but I see no other way to put this. You need to get off welfare because people like me who are trying to help our own kids through college are tired of paying your bills for you so you can get a college education. Stop volunteering time that you could be spending on a second job while living on the government welfare tit. Pay your bills yourself and put yourself through college. That's what I did and that's what my kids are doing. What makes you so privileged?

Are you planning on paying back all that welfare?

Good point Kix, many have made their own way without resorting to welfare.

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There are a lot of jobs out there, just check the want ads in any major Sunday paper. I don't think people in general have a problem with some people on welfare. It is those who are more than capable of working but choose not to which people complain about. They are the problem. The people who take advantage of the system are the problem.

Personally, I would be embarrassed to be on welfare if I was perfectly capable of working. Others have no problem with it.

Why is it the taxpayers responsibility to put you through college? Thousands get student loans each year to do this. It is called an investment.

Maybe if you cut out the internet service, find a couple of roommates and a second job, then you wouldn't have to mooch from the rest of us taxpayers.
There is always student loans and scholarships as well. But I guess the student loan idea is out because you would have to pay that back and its obvious you would rather take the free ride at our expense.
You know there are kids in Africa that will never have the opportunity to go to college let alone have society foot a portion of your living expenses.

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Isn't the Liberal mind a truely amazing thing? What's theirs is theirs. What's OURS is theirs. Trying to explain to them why this is wrong is like trying to teach a pig to whistle.

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GB when my kids were your daughter's ages I sat them down and explained the "facts of life" to them; giving them three options.

1. Work your butt off now while you’re in Jr. High and High school so you can get scholarships to college and have a "career". This is by far the easiest way but it means they have to make the commitment very early in life.

2. Plan to work your way through college the hard way like I did, either in the military or by working a couple of jobs while going to school. This takes longer, it's harder to do and you often find yourself putting it on hold while taking care of every day life like a family.

3. Or plan on working a job that may very well barely provide for your family.

One son busted his butt and managed to get to West Point. One son is now in the Army and plans to go to school after he gets out. He’d be in school now, but doesn’t want to commit to it not knowing where the Army will send him from one month to the next. And one daughter, due to health reasons had to let go of an excellent scholarship and is now struggling to work her way through college the hard way. Our other daughter will never have the option to do any of these because of multiple handicaps. But not one of the other three ever asked the government to hand them anything so they could get through college and it really chaps me that so many people like this person have this mindset that it's owed to them. Where in the world does that come from?

im sorry you had to realize how cold you sounded. i need to get off welfare huh..the only reason i got on welfare was to remove a broken tooth. and in case i need an asthma pump. thats all i use it for. i dont go for check ups and cleanings..im quite frugal about how i use YOUR money. Hell i don't even get cash assistance or an ebt card... what kind of human says stop voluteering time to help his fellow man? funny thing is I AM PUTTING MY SELF THROUGH COLLEGE ..with grants I EARNED from americorps..and i do pay my own bills the state doesn't help me pay for my groceries...i overdrew 200 dollars from my account to feed MYSELF and I will have to pay it back to the bank of america...not you...what makes me privileged...if i was i wouldn't have to be on state heatlh insurance now would i? but ill tell you what IS a priviledge for me...seeing a struggling mother of three in a home...instead of on the streets...seeing a baby thats being fed instead of starving...and most importantly...seeing the things that REALLY matter in life...not how big a damn grin i can give my girlfriend by making a diamond her 'best friend' or seeing that im no better then a person sleeping on the street corner...thats priviledge to me.

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embarresment comes with pride and pride is the killer of man. i guess you didn't catch that i was putting myself through college...or that i work for the department of transportation..

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