This is not personal and I was at no time referring to you.

I have a neighbor who makes well over $3,000 a month from welfare, unemployment, food stamps and other payments for her and her three kids. She gets several thousand in tax refunds even though she pays no taxes. The local McDonalds has workers putting in double shifts everyday because then can't find anyone willing to work. They offer $10 an hour to start. The local ACE Hardware only offers $9 to start.

I know a 25 year old man in West Virginia who voluntarily took drugs and became an addict. He also developed an attraction to alcohol. Now he is declared totally disabled and receives 100% disability payments from Social Security. Because he could not work he collected over 90 weeks of unemployment from his last employer in addition to his disability. I only know what he told me. The tax payers are footing the bill for his bad behavior. Is that fair? That is what the Republicans want fixed.

I have never collected unemployment or welfare so I can only speak about what I am told by people who have and what I read. Payments vary from State to State and even in counties, so I am not familiar with your area. I am very familiar with Philadelphia and the methods people use to c***t the system.

I am also older than you so I am very familiar with the age discrimination you refer to.