Um....no...
You made some assumptions that aren’t true. I forget that not everyone here knows my situation. So perhaps I should clarify.
I have a pile of health issues which I won’t go into, but early on, I was reluctant to accept that I couldn’t work, so I looked for a job. You see, I was raised by parents who instilled in my brother and me a strong work ethic. In my parents’ home, being a slacker and living on public assistance was unacceptable. I viewed disability benefits as charity and in our family we don’t take charity.
Fact is, with my health issues, I can’t work. Took me some time to accept that. It also took me some time to accept SSD and other benefits until a caseworker at a state bureau for the visually impaired (yes I have bad eyesight) told me it wasn’t charity. My tax dollars from 35 years working paid for these benefits.
There is a difference between accepting benefits you paid for through payroll taxes and collecting benefits you never worked for. The latter is what I object to. Why should I pay taxes to support some able bodied slob who spends his/her days smoking dope and producing children he”she can’t support?
And your general beliefs about disability and welfare are:
Generally, people on disability have earned it, so it's deserved.
Generally, people on welfare haven't earned it, so it's not deserved.
Is that right?