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Beetle1, I agree with everything on your list, except Food Stamps.

For every person that severely abuses the system, there are people that generally need it. Remember when we all seemed to agree on keeping SSI and SSA disability benefits? (For disabled workers and people born disabled) I know many people who legitimately need and draw SSA or SSI benefits (whichever is for people born disabled, and have absolutely no way to work, even though it is abused) and they get a whopping $600 per month or an astounding $7200 per year. Those people need the Food Stamps.

It is so sad that people can get these benefits and abuse them but we have to remember that groceries are going up in cost too. It seems like every time I leave Save-A-Lot or Kroger, I can carry $80 worth in two hands or $100 wont fill my cart to the top. How does a $600 per month pay for groceries, for rent, medical stuff, etc...

Some of these programs are good, but we have to be careful when we say cut them. I do believe however that MAJOR overhaul is needed. It needs to be tightened up. Maybe the government can ever create jobs that are simple for people that are somewhat-disabled to do. (Maybe Autistic people can fold pizza boxes, maybe the morbidly obese in weight people can work from home doing computer things, etc...) Obviously there isn't a lot that blind, vegtabled, etc... people can do so I guess it is impossible to make that fair, but we pay congressmen and women good money to come up with solutions.