Ellem, you said it all very well.

Celtic, I think I've been angry about this because this woman, who already had six children (and some with special needs) and no job or health coverage, chose to have more children. Now we, as taxpayers, will pay for her care, her babies care, food stamps (yes it is a form of welfare), and so on. Yes, she could do a reality show to bring in money, but what about the kids? What kind of life is that? and how long will it last and what will she do after that?

I just get frustrated because I work hard and pay my bills and don't spend money I don't have. And I'm not only angry with the Suleman situation, I'm also a little angry at the mortgage situation now. There are a lot of people who did not do their research and purchased an overpriced house with a wacko mortgage and now housing prices have fallen and guess what??? Many banks are actually REDUCING the loan amount and interest rates for these people so they can stay in their homes.

I just don't think that's fair! Why should people who make stupid decisions get money from the government? No one is going to reduce my loan amount or my interest rate because I've made my payments on time. So the people who don't pay their bills get help and those of us who do pay our bills - - well guess what, we just keep paying our bills. It's just not right.

I agree that we need some sort of welfare and assistance for people who are disabled or unable to work. But there should be strings attached. There should be training programs for ALL welfare receipients with back-to-work plans in place. There's just not enough oversight and there is way too much fraud, as someone else mentioned. They make arrests several times a year of families in a town near me who get "section 8" housing. This is housing that is subsidized by the government and has tight rules about how it can be used. But too many people rent a section 8 house, rent out the rooms and make a profit.

It's those kinds of things, over and over, that I get frustrated with.