I recently spoke with a close friend who works in the health care industry, and she said the business she works for routinely sees individuals guilty of Medicaid fraud.
This made me to realize that no matter what type of government programs pop up next, we have to be responsible with what we are given.
Requiring taxpayers to pay for other people's health care is essentially the definition of Medicaid, and applying for Medicaid when you are perfectly capable of paying for your own healthcare should be a criminal offense.
You're taking advantage of those who work hard for a living, and under no circumstances -- including high taxes -- is this acceptable.
If someone told me I had to go to school for four years after high school to have a chance at finding a decent career, fine.
If I found that career and the same man talked to me again and told me that career requires me to give upward of 30 percent of my paycheck every month to the government, I would tell him fine, as long as you're using this money to better America. Then the man would lie to me, and he would win the fight unless I decided to move to Canada.
Government shouldn't pay for the laziness and unfortunate circumstances of others.
Even if I lost everything I had, I wouldn't want the government bailing me out.
It would be nice of them to, but I don't want the easy way out, let alone steal someone's tax dollars because I'm "searching" for a job.
If welfare is a deciding factor in your monthly income, wouldn't you want to further yourself in a way that it would eventually not be?
Education in America is one of the smartest investments you can make.
Maybe you graduate high school and want to take a year off. Maybe you get accepted to a college and venture off to begin the labored years of college. Or maybe you don't; you hang around your hometown jumping from job to job making just enough to buy what you need.
The worst thing you can do is procrastinate in this situation. The longer you wait to go to college, the less likely you will have motivation. Working part time during high school is a great way to get experience in the work force, but after graduating, furthering your education is only going to benefit you.
Welfare can have its place by supporting truly in-need individuals. But it's the responsibility of each individual, if by any means, to further themselves to a point where welfare is unnecessary.
It is not the government who should be supporting those who refuse to find a job because they are getting by with government checks. The money from these social programs are coming from the taxpayers, and I expect anyone who is using my money is trying their hardest to better themselves to a point where taxes can be spent on roads and not welfare.
Whether it's Medicaid or welfare, we all have a responsibility to not take advantage of programs that were designed to help those in need, not the lazy.
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