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  This came in an e-mail & is in  response   to those who are the greatest complainers about welfare.    " You want to live in a community-like existence in the USA  where others will join the military, police or fire department and put their lives on the line for you and make the ultimate sacrifices.    You accept services from Americans providing food for your table and the other things that make your life comfortable.    You take all of this and believe  that by  working-- earning a living for yourself and saving money for your own  benefit is enough of a contribution to the society you owe your lifestyle to.   You don't want to pay taxes and come hell or high water-- everyone should   fend  for himself.      It matters not  millions of people didn't earn much in providing the kind of  services  you enjoyed or that catastrophic events occurred in their lives.     Its not your fault so why should you give anything.     .     Life is difficult  and  Gov't   was created FOR the people because  a society that   pulls together in all respects will achieve greater things.      We already learned on this thread  that only 2% of our population  are on welfare and most are elderly and children.    Those who will always abuse the system are constantly being monitored and  discarded away from the system and so they are  just no longer  a  good   excuse for being selfish. "  

Most welfare benefits go to elderly, blind, and disabled people and mothers with young children

But suppliers of services to welfare recipients account for most of the fraud in welfare.   Some physicians, pharmacists, and others have been overpaid because they have made up false bills.   The first federal welfare program, began after the Revolutionary War,   they provided pensions to war veterans.    During the Civil War these pensions were expanded to cover soldiers' widows and orphans.     In the early 1900's, primary responsibility for providing welfare benefits shifted from local to state governments.     During these years, states enacted programs to aid dependent children and the elderly    . The criticisms of welfare ranges over a number of social and economic issues.     However, the bottom line  to eliminate any of the few  real honest-to-goodness  welfare cheats  is that the   USA needs to provide  the job opportunities to earn a decent paycheck and benefits.   Then without an excuse these  cheats can be booted off the system that is necessary for the ones who really need it.