Somebody FREAKIN shoot me!!!!

[out2kayak]

As several have echoed, I don't mind helping my fellow person.

The thing that gets me is we feed a person a day (food stamps, other social programs) verses teaching them how to be self sufficient. What's that old saying:

"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats steak."

I have been in several industries where it simply became unprofitable to work there. The first was an engineer fixing broken electronics. Tech changed and it's cheaper to throw things out and get the latest verses handing it to me to fix.

I transitioned into another area (programming) and worked there for a while. Many of the jobs were off-shored and there was another transition.

So, now I'm doing solution architecture.

Bottom line is I have to keep learning, many times paying for my own training, to keep my skills sharp and competitive with the market.

We need the government to incentivize people to learn, grow and adapt to an ever changing world.

Handing someone money (remember how you spent your tax rebate check of 2008) is usually used to pay for short term pleasure. Instead, how about giving employers a break to bring on more interns (no matter their age) or fostering a mentoring program?

I just hate the government taking my hard earned money only to see others waist it.

Just saying....