I disagree also that the programs such as welfare, food stamps, heating and housing assistance ect. ARE needed!! But this is what needs to change. Those programs CANNOT be a crutch to live on generation after generation! I came from a single parent household living in the cold midwest with my mother raising 3 kids. Without them programs we would have been screwed. But I can honest to God say that my mother worked to get better jobs and eventually opens a daycare where we went from not having food and being on programs to getting reimbursed for the food in our house by the daycare programs that she had to abide by to run it in the 1st place.
Your 2nd statement about the illegals is also a huge problem in the midwest were I live because of all the farming communities. If they hire illegal help which they do every year they should have massive fines put against them. After all where I live the farmers have the biggest houses, brand new fleet of trucks and ride brand new snowmobiles and Id say easily 75% have lake homes worth more than their regular homes. Now whos raping the system??
Your last statement about the rich getting richer and the poor being forgot is hard to argue with. But I am all for huge breaks on people starting new businesses. That would in turn employ others. I 100% believe that people should make no less than 10 dollar and hour. People make more they buy more its that simple. Im also for breaks on imcomes up to a certian tax bracket because middle class and below simply cannot afford to have the same amount taken from their taxes as the wealthy. Which is also why I favor a nationwide sales tax and no federal tax. States can keep their state tax but Nationwide sales tax. Everyone plays everyone pays!