I don't understand the myth that Democrats are pushing for a complete welfare state. If people can work we want them to work. I know you didn't write this, but you reposted it so I will aim my questions at you.

Are you going to drive into the city to pick up the homeless man so he can mow your yard?

What about the homeless that are physically and mentally handicapped? How are you going to accommodate them when mowing your lawn?

What about their kids? What age is the cut off? What about the 75 year old woman with arthritis or the 68 year old man with Alzheimer's?

It's not about giving everyone a free ride, it's about giving them a hand up. As a liberal I believe that this country is limited by its weakest members. America was made great by a strong middle class, not the wealthy elite. Things like rights to medical care, unions, minimum wage and social security strengthen the middle class.

We want to educate people, both in life and in an academic sense. We want our workers to be skilled so that we can outsource the unskilled positions instead of the inverse. We want Americans to be hired as managers, technicians, engineers and other higher paying jobs instead of lesser paid workers on work visas from places in Asia. Yet until we start training the population that won't happen as often as it could.

And when those workers on work Visas come into the United States we want them to have a chance at citizenship. We were the most technologically advanced nation because we accepted people like Einstein, Tesla, and Bell. We accepted Runaway Jews and Cold War defectors.

Social programs are not limited to giving money to the lazy. It can help educate those whose only crime was being born poor. It can feed and clothe those who need a temporary reprieve. The single mother that has never seen a dime of child support, the 45 year old father of 3 whose company downsized and can only find menial labor that pays minimum wage or just above. The poor college kid that tested well enough to be placed in a decent state university but not well enough to have much of a scholarship if any.

But go ahead an keep posting snarky quips on here. That will show me, change my mind, and shame me into being a Republican, because everyone knows that if you can out debate a five year old you can out debate any liberal...