07-18-2010, 06:04 PM
I know I am going to blasted for this (hey BD) but the amounts given on the link card are way too high. I know very little about the card. I never had one and don't know anyone with it. It seems to me though that the budget in Illinois and other states are in trouble because of all of this welfare we are dolling out. I know very little of the Illinois budget but I bet these social programs take up probably one of the biggest chunks. It has to end. In spite of Obama we are still not a socialist country. I know Obama didn't start it but he is helping socialism along at a faster rate. Sure have welfare, have link cards but have a time limit. Does it have a time limit now? How long can someone have a link card? Forever? If that is so it shouldn't be so. I am all for social welfare if someone who's no fault of their own finds themselves down on their luck. A job loss, the death of the main breadwinner of the family but it should be temporary. It should be bridge to help those get back on their feet. It should not go on for years. We simply cannot afford it.