Yeah, I am fairly conservative on quite a few issues, but not everything. Having a kid at 19, working full-time, and going to school (my wife was in school full-time also), I get the issues of people not being able to support a family etc. My solution was to take a semester off and work two jobs while working on finding a job that paid better. I was lucky enough to find one, but it took a lot of work. I was a teller in a credit union from 8am to 1-2pm, then drove a forklift in a warehouse from 4pm to 2am. Luckily I convinced the credit union to bring me on full time in a higher paying role and it worked out really well. It would have been much easier if we had lived with my parents or something, but I was determined to handle it all myself. It would have hurt my pride to move back in lol. My son had a few health issues when born also, so my wife wasn't able to work until he was around a year old.
As long as those who are able are working hard, I am all for helping them out if need be. At least on a temporary basis. But the number of people on food stamps and welfare that are fully capable of taking care of themself blows my mind. At least around here that is.
