[bloodrayne]

@Nova, I agree with your friend 100%, I have always felt this way...I believe that welfare and other programs designed to 'help' people, actually hurt them by discouraging them from bettering themselves (except for the elderly and handicapped, they NEED assistance, and it's through no fault of their own).

One of the GREATEST things about America is the opportunity to do, be and have whatever you want, as long as you're willing to work for it, and as simple as that seems to us (who have always had those opportunities), it's astonishing to people who live in other places who have never had those types of opportunities...There's a reason why we have so many immigrants and people literally DYING to try to make a life in our country.