Abusing the System

Nothing makes me more ill than people who abuse the very programs that are in place to help people out. Welfare, food stamps, WIC, Social Security, etc. are all there in an attempt to sustain human life until they're able to sustain themselves. However, I'm constantly running into people who abuse those programs. I'll see people using their food stamps to buy unnecessary items and then get in their brand new BMWs and drive off. Now, don't get me wrong...I'm not putting anyone down. I think that for people who NEED it and use it in the way it's intended, it's a great thing to have. But, the thing that REALLY chaps me are the people who are drawing benefits when they're just as able to work as I am! I know someone personally (whose name I will NOT mention) who has been living off of disability for most of his adult life. He's perfectly healthy and can get a job at any time. He was able to qualify because one of his friends, who is a self proclaimed "master" at cheating the goverment, helped him put the "right answers" on his applications. I'm as aware as the next person that our government is pretty corrupt, but what people don't realize is that, corrupt or not, there's only so much money to go around and if you're taking funds you don't NEED, just because you CAN, then you're depriving someone else who DOES need them! For instance, my mother in law hasn't been able to work for years and it took her a very long time and MANY a disability appeal to finally get her benefits. That should NOT have happened!! Something needs to be done!