Wow! Seems as though you started a thread that people really have an opinion on. I don't want to start a fight either, but I am really into watching what goes on in politics. Because I don't have alot of income, some of the things they are doing will help me. For example, my mom just helped me buy a car. Because I was driving a 13 year old jeep, I used cash for clunkers and got $7,000 credit towards a new car. I am currently working with my mortgage company to lower my house payment because my taxes and insurance have gone up so much that now my total house payment is about 40% of my income. I have no health insurance because I work for a company that does not have it and I have pre-existing conditions so no one will insure me. So you could say these plans could benefit me. However, think about where the money to help me came from. It came from hard-working or maybe just lucky people who had more than me. I think that is wrong. I don't want people who have less than me, for whatever reason, to take from me. Do you? I like the saying that : I never got a job from a poor man. If there aren't any wealthy people left to pay taxes, start businesses, hire people, what then? I don't think we are all supposed to have the same. That is one of life's lessons. Things are not always fair, even when you do your best to try. Am I being a hypocrite for taking the government's money. Probably, but I am not sure what else to do until opportunities open up for me, and I am pretty sure those opportunities will be created by someone who has more than me.