I have a confession to make.
I record, and watch Judge Judy.
I like her no-nonsense approach. I like her direct and loud style. I like that she isn’t politically correct and
doesn’t care about “feelings” as she doles out her brand of justice. But what I like most; what keeps me coming
back, is her disgust with people who sit at home and receiving welfare in one
form or another. I’m sure it’s just the
network hand picking people that will make an entertaining show, but it seems
that almost EVERYONE who shows up is getting food stamps and welfare and early
social security from the government. Er…
I mean from me.
I believe in charity and I believe in helping those less
fortunate than I have been. But I’d like
to do it on my own terms. I don’t want
to support the guy who has been receiving $1400.00 a month for 4 years because
of a “back injury” he suffered at work.
I’d be ok with it if he wasn’t spending 2 weekends a month on his boat
or Jet Ski. I rather buy the books that
my less advantaged high school grads need for college.
I don’t want to support the 22 year old woman with 3 kids
from 2 different husbands, neither of whom pay child support. I’d rather support the 22 year old kid living
on ramen and making good decisions trying to work her way through college.
I don’t want to support the 45 year old guy who gets a check
for caring for his pretty healthy 70 year old mother. Isn’t that what family does? We now pay people to care for their parents
when they get old? I mean I now pay for
it? I’d rather donate to the church as
they fundraise to send kids to Nigeria to provide aid to kids in need.
I don’t want to support perfectly healthy America as they
game the system. I’m all for taxes that
pay for education, police, fire, national defense, etc. Buy my disgust is growing over the
increasing number of people who just walk to the mailbox to get paid.
