Why do socialist..err...I mean liberals....think that I should give everything that I have worked hard for?

I agree with you. Most of us were not born with a silver spoon in our mouths. Most of us who have gotten ahead in life did not get ahead by winning the lottery or by expecting someone else to take care of us. I got married right out of high school and had 2 kids by the age of 21. I married a guy that my parents did not approve of and unfortuntely they were right. I was divorced at the age of 23 with 2 children. I wanted to lay down at that point and let someone else take over because I was feeling so overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising 2 children and working a full time job on my own. But you know what? After feeling sorry for myself for about 2 weeks I decided this was the bed I made and I needed to deal with it and I did. I will not say it was easy ( IT WAS VERY HARD ) but I did do it with no help from parents or the government. I was way too proud to go to social services for help of any kind. Did my kids have it tough? Sometimes they did but they always had enough to eat, clean clothes to wear and a mother who loved them and they knew it. They are now well adjusted hard working kids who appreciate what it means to earn their way in life. Yes, I could have laid down and let the government take care of things but I would never have wanted my children to think it was OK to be lazy or to think it was someone elses responsibility to take care of them. It was MY responsibility. I love my kids and always wanted what was best for them and I don't understand ANYONE who dosen't want to set an example for their children the way I did for mine. Anyone who says the government should do more to take care of it's citizens to me is just lazy and thinks it's ok to take money from the hard working people to support that laziness. Bull----! Our country is all about having the FREEDOM to not be an idiot and NOTHING can stop you if you want it badly enough. Keep up with the great questions and posts.