Ham, I worked and paid in, and I was even low paid child labor as a kid. At 10 years old I used to wash dogs for my Grandmother who was a dog groomer, we used to do 20 dogs per day. I used to help my Grandmother to buy groceries and pay the rent even as a little kid. And I went on to build up a successful dog kennel, and we had movie stars for customers.
And Social Security is not welfare, I paid in.
And my family tree helped to build this nation, the people here are driving on freeways that my father helped to build, and they are drinking water that my grandfather helped to bring in, and scientists are working at a laboratory that I helped to build, and students are attending a school that I helped to build, etc.
And I own 2 Copyrights, I wrote a poetry book, and I wrote a movie script. And I used my stimulus money to buy an Apple laptop and I am going to become a successful writer. If Ariana Grande stars in my movie then it might make $200,000,000 the first year. Things can happen fast in Hollywood. You can go from rags to riches in no time. And look at Danny Trejo. Great things can happen. Danny Trejo got off to to terrible start, he spent time in prison, he had a horrible life, and now he is on top of the world, he is a star with the world as his oyster.
Salute,
Tony V.