I don'y think anybody here is supporting socialism, they're just supporting this dude getting his money back from big brother. If I had the option to opt out of the social programs I definitely would, because I trust myself to manage that money much more responsibly than big brother can. But I wouldn't try to claim benefits from those programs that I opted out of. Why, because I didn't put anything into it. I don't want to pay big brother for the programs, & I don't want to get anything out of those programs. Whether you're on the giving or recieving end of things, you're being controlled by the government. Either because you're big brother's bitch & it can take & take & take from you & there's nothing you can do about it, or you're now you're dependent on big brother, which rips away any self-respecting man's dignity to even think about.

I'm sure the gentleman here has had to go through a lot lately. Times get tough for eveyone, not always in the same form. I know a guy who had his entire family die off in less than 2 years. Wiped out, all but him. In this light, financial hardship doesn't seem so bad.

While it sucks having to apply for the benefits of these programs (especially when you don't even agree with their existence in the first place), he did put money into the program, so he should get his fair share out of it. Its those people who pay NOTHING into the program & then expect (& get) benefits from it that are the low-lives. These are the illegal aliens & the never-had-a-job-&-don't-intend-to-neither folks.