legitimate political question (Ron Paul)

[Maengelito]

my parents immigrated from korea back in the day with a suitcase and only a couple of bucks and my dad spoke a little bit of english, but they were able to eventually raise both me and my brother in the northern va area. our family by no means is rich and they still work all day everyday, but when they first got here, public assisstance helped them get on their feet and do what i feel is a pretty good job living the american dream.

I'm sure I've come off a bit harsh in this thread but just to clarify I really don't have a problem with LIMITED govt assistance. LIMITED in the fact that it should not be ones sole source of income. You get a year or so of assistance so long as you are working a job and then you are done. Can't reapply for x # of years then those people should be monitored closely. I do understand that some people have a run of bad luck, but nobody has a run of bad luck that last their entire life time that's the ones that really set me off.

just to clarify my standpoint as well: i'm not offended by chad or andrew, and contrary to my previous post, i actually agree with them. i think its silly that a program like govt welfare helps out so many people who just are too lazy or dont wanna work. i just wanted to point out that there are so many circumstances as to why people are poor that its hard to say the govt can provide assistance to x and y groups of people, but not the people in group z. but yeah, i get pissed when i see crackheads and people obviously on some sort of welfare that live well above their means.