Repubican policy is affected more by Darwin that democratic policy is.

Ok, I never said not to help, in fact, I said we should help, just realize that we cannot solve every problem. The 400 richest Americans have more money than 50% of the nation, OK. Great. They have earned money. This is not a huge hang-up gor me. Are all of them Republicans? No. Are most involved in some kind of chartiable giving, or relief funding, Yes. I'm not bothered by them having alot of money. I'm bothered by people using them as an excuse, "Well, they don't need all that. They should give it all away. It's not fair." Grow Up. Seriously. And while we are on the subject....check out this article from Snopes.com. Who wastes more money, Democrats, or Republicans? HOUSE # 1: A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South. HOUSE # 2: Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape. HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore. HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. Have you ever stood in a welfare line? I debate this topic, not as a "Weathly Republican", but as a poor republican man. My family was on welfare for many years. There were years my dad grossed $12,000. For the whole year. My mom took care of the kids, my dad worked in construction, and we lived in Central Florida. In CFL, taxes are higher, cost of living is higher, gas is higher. And yet, with the help of welfare and WIC, my family of six survived several years of "poverty". Understand this about your stat fun, $22,000 is considered the poverty line in this country. You are "impoverished" if you make less than $22,000 in a fiscal year. We had a car, it ran good. We ate. We had fun, toys, etc. But we scraped by. You go stand in a welfare line. Families wear designer clothes, gold jewelry, drive BMW's, Lexus', Caddilac's, etc. They are "poor" by choice, because they do not control their spending. Or, they choose not to work. I have seen too many able-bodied people draw SSI just because they could. I help people, I am all for helping those who need it. But I will not waste my hard-earned money on someone who is not willing to take care of themselves. One of the biggest things I see in life, in my job, is people are not willing to sacrifice. They want the "high-roller" lifestyle, on the tuna & ramen budget. You say Republicans shoot down efforts to help people. No Child Left Behind provides vouchers for students to go to a private school, at reduced cost to the family. So a child gets a better education the family can afford. Who brought that up? HHMMMM...... Or reduced government. Most don't realize, the money you get from social security, welfare, wic, etc......these programs cost money. Money you pay in taxes. Elimenating, re-framing, or reducing eligibilty for these programs leaves more money in your check every week. You aren't getting free money. Someone, somewhere, is paying for every dime. Saying Republicans are working against people.......how much power do you really think we have?