Cheney treated like others, angry about it

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Originally Posted by saden1

If that's the case why not do away with taxes all together? Or maybe give people the choice as far as where their tax money is spent (i.e. you specify where your tax money goes when filing your tax return)?

Personally, I would love to have input as to where my tax money is spent.

An idea that wouldn't work.

I expect our government to do nothing right and I am never disappointed and I expect there still to be many people who take money when they could work for it.

A great example that I think shines my point about people's attitude toward government entitlements.

My wife belongs to a board about kids. There are many of the homewife types who talk about bargain hunting and finances and such. There are constantly arguments about people who use WIC. The example my wife always loves to tell is the woman who posted her monthly budget. Part of the budget includes money from WIC. Now WIC is a pretty good program I think. It provides essential foods for kids and struggling moms. So this woman has this worked out budget on a spreadsheet with variables items like food and fixed items like rent. Sounds like a put together woman right? Except one of her fixed expenses is for her out of work husband's, who hasn't been able to find a job, monthly marijuana. $250 a month.

Now I am no put everyone in jail who smokes weed type but here they are on WIC with a dead beat husband who smokes weed and it's a f*cking fixed item on their monthly budget!

An extreme example for sure but it highlights people's attitude. Her quote when people pointed out that she was basically using the $200 in WIC she gets a month on weed was 'I never thought about it that way'. There are way too many people who 'think' they have no opportunity or 'think' that they need help when all they need is someone to kick them in the ass and tell them to figure it out for themselves.