It's all over...

I'm relieved, in a way, however, concerned about what lies ahead now. I just read this article on gopusa.com http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2012/11/08/patton-john-galt-calling-had-enough/ I agree; my husband and I have worked hard for a very long time, and our tax dollars continue to be sliced more ways each year, supporting more and more people who don't step up. I'm not against those less fortunate who need a helping hand. I am against those who milk the system, and don't ever get "off the dole." Our welfare system was never meant to support those unwilling to work. It was meant to be a safety net. What would be wrong with requiring welfare recipients to work, either doing what they are able to do employment-wise, or volunteering if they can't find work, something, rather than penalizing them if they get work, by taking away their benefits. Try bridging their benefits toward self-sufficiency. I've seen able bodied individuals who, rather than trying to find work, hide their abilities from the government, in order to continue to receive a paltry amount in disability benefits. They did so, mainly, because if they worked over a very minimal amount, they would lose their benefit. They were so invested in that monthly check, they refused to see beyond it, and how much better off they would be working full-time. They chose to live in abject poverty. That's just wrong. Our system is so twisted around, and broken. Our elected representatives, in a lot of ways, are the same as disability recipients. They won't change the system, because they rely on its benefits. They are career politicians who stand to benefit by NOT changing the system. It pays them to keep it in place.