Don't social welfare programs like Medicaid make people want to stay poor and live off the government?

[Ann]

It is always easy to take something you did not work for. And if you grew up with it you believe you deserve it also.

My kids will never know someone else paying for our food or healthcare. That is because we discuss having a job. We discuss what you can afford with certain jobs. We discuss what kind of skills they need to afford a certain lifestyle.

If parents complain that their application for Medicaid is taking a long time or that WIC doesn't give enough formula, kids assume that is how it works. They assume you don't buy groceries until the food stamp money comes in. Then the house is full of food. When food runs short, it is because the mean government isn't giving enough for food. Not because mom and dad had them before they could work. And EBT looks just like a credit card. So, little kids assume everyone has one.

Kids learn what they live.