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You haven't walked a mile in my shoes either, moron.

Ditto. I grew up in poverty because my Father suffered a major stroke that left him a hemiplegic. My Mother went to work to raise the four of us and take care of my bedridden Father from the time I was six.

I started working when I was 15 and ultimately put myself through college during the inflationary Carter years. We did not qualify for financial aid because we did not fit the aid demographics. Reverse and overt anti-white racism was a live, well and institutionalized in the mid 70's. I literally went hungry during those years.

Both my Wife and I worked very hard to get to where we are today. We fit the model of the millionaire next door. We both drive cars that are over 9 years old. We are putting our Daughter through school and we have zero debt.

We try to save as much as possible for our retirement while at the same time watching our taxes increase and savings devalue with money printing. Every tax day we are furious. Our taxes exceed all our saving and expenses combined. We realized decades ago that taxes are meant to destroy wealth creation and not the rich. Even if one can save and invest, quantitative easing destroys that through stealth taxation.

Yes I watch our direct taxes paid and realize We are supporting three plus families. It is very much my business when I see frivolous purchases at the check out counter. We didn't get to where we are today because of a irresponsible lifestyle and yet we are struggling to maintain our savings because of a totalitarian socialist system.

So Catrus, how about you go screw you self-rightous socialist self.

The people who are paying the bills have every right to be concerned about how their money is spent, and believe me, it's not being spent well. Plus, no one has a moral right to another person's property. No one! Need is relative, but even truly needy people have no moral right to reach in their neighbors’ pockets. It's called theft. It's immoral--a sin. However, it's like another poster wrote. The conquerors decide on terms for the conquered, not the other way around. The conquerors in this case are the people demanding benefits and the politicians who serve them.

BTW, anyone who has ever dealt with government should know that it’s inherently bureaucratic, inefficient, and rife with fraud. That’s the nature of the beast, and it’s why the best government is that government that governs least.

I’m really in the same boat as you. My wife and I have never asked for anything from anyone. We’ve always scrimped and saved and tried to be responsible Americans. Now we’re on the verge of seeing everything we’ve worked so many long years to obtain go up in smoke. The government is inflating or taxing away our wealth nearly as fast as we can build it.

The system is designed to protect the rich while keeping the riff raff down. The rich are in little danger of losing their wealth, the poor are given just enough to survive without ever becoming independent, and those of us in the middle are treading water as fast as we can just to try and stay ahead of joining the poor.