I think I have the same concept of freeloaders that @star0210 does. The idiot contractor who built our garage never paid taxes his entire adult life. No income tax, no payroll tax to his employees, no business tax. And now that he wants to retire, he is collecting Social Security. I have nieces who have several children each, never married, living with the fathers of the children, collecting support on 6 different levels. Housing, food, cash, student assistance, health and child care. AND, they live with the grandparents, rent free. So there is fraud involved in at least two of those hand-outs. Both girls visit the casinos weekly, and up until recently, used their Bridge Card to get cash from the ATM to gamble. In Michigan, you could do that. So I have no exposure to people who actually need assistance who are not abusing the system. My own sister scammed the system for many years, and still is. I know, because I still get phone calls trying to track her down for repayment. We as a nation need to put a stop to this, before our country rots from the inside out. These leeches will bleed us dry.
But with the DS, I've always felt that it SHOULD be more available. Yes, Medicaid should pay for it. All insurances should cover it. But you should have to pass SOME sort of test first. You don't have to be smart, just TEACHABLE.
Everyone who knows me on FB knows about the one DSer who is a known train wreck I post about. She never should have had the DS. She is incapable of simple logical thinking, cannot identify carbs from protein, cannot cook. Yet she got her DS paid for by Medicaid. Never should have happened. So there needs to be some way to screen these people out.
But with the DS, I've always felt that it SHOULD be more available. Yes, Medicaid should pay for it. All insurances should cover it. But you should have to pass SOME sort of test first. You don't have to be smart, just TEACHABLE.
Everyone who knows me on FB knows about the one DSer who is a known train wreck I post about. She never should have had the DS. She is incapable of simple logical thinking, cannot identify carbs from protein, cannot cook. Yet she got her DS paid for by Medicaid. Never should have happened. So there needs to be some way to screen these people out.