Here’s the one that upsets me: We work very hard, are by no means wealthy, but pay all of our bills and have some savings, etc. But our standard of living is barely, if at all, better than a good percent of the “poor people” who do not work at all and have no intention of working; who get free health care, free food at schools, free cell phones, food stamps, subsidized rent, monthly welfare payments of some type, aid for dependent children, free cab rides to all of their appointments for medical and social services, grants for education/training programs, and often free utilities through the “chariites” (example: heat aid fund) set up by the local utility providers.
Those of us who work for a living pay for all of those things, plus taxes. The “poor” get them all for free, no taxes, no taxes on their benefits.
The problem is this: Being poor should hurt! It should be an incentive to NOT be poor anymore. It shouldn’t be free and easy. Now if we just had all those manufacturing jobs back, then we’d be almost home. I support FAIR TRADE not Free Trade.