Love_Spell_6 and Bamboozled - I definitely agree with what both of you stated. I too am struggling with work, school and being a single parent WITHOUT government handouts. If we have to pay taxes as working people, then welfare recipients should have to do certain things to receive benefits (ie attend mandatory education and workshop programs). If they have a problem or refuse getting tested for drugs, then all benefits should cease.
P.S. - Does this mean that I have latent Republican tendencies too?