You will have to forgive Rob as he is fresh from the womb. Rob, you will probably have that same attitude until you yourself have been involuntarily put in a similar situation. You are a young, smart, physically capable man and it might not be very difficult for you to go out and get a job. That sometimes makes it hard to put yourself in another persons shoes. That, coupled with that fact that we see so much dishonesty and laziness on a daily basis, makes it difficult to not judge people as such.
I know Rob and I don't think Rob is saying that he doesn't want to contribute. I think Rob just wants to make sure that if he is contributing, that money is going to people who genuinely need it and not to those who are having babies because they like to screw without the responsibility or those who would rather get high than put food on the table. I understand where he is coming from and unfortunately that is just a fact of life in this land of opportunity.
Was this plan designed to help people like my son who can't qualify for health insurance? Yes. Will it also force everyone to support the people who damage their organs with smoking and alcohol or the morbidly obese who drink a 24pak of diet coke a day and are now diabetics on insulin? Yes.
There is no perfect system. Every system in this country that is designed to help someone of need will always be molested into a device used to screw someone out of a dollar. It's just the way it is. Change the things you can, live with the things you can't.
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"A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin
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