Skimming this thread, will hafta go back and re-read it when I don't have a headache. But it makes me mad.

We were very poor when I was a kid and did receive some assistance. We did not have anything showy. We truly needed the help. Sometimes we didn't get the help, and church somehow randomly came thru.

We have some blended into the family relatives that drive those nicer vehicles mentioned in this thread and get their illigetimate, illegal children fully paid for with Medicaid, and what not... while I'm paying more for our rx meds we need out of pocket with insurance coverage... which total more than my monthly mortgage payment... it's a stretch to make the ends meet... much less be able to "afford" what the the free (well, I'm paying for that too) health care the relatives have.