It is not wrong to be thankful for the things Kendall listed. Each one of us who works pays into those programs all of our lives. They are there for us if we need them. We are not sitting on our backsides demanding such things; we ask for them if the need becomes too great to meet on our own, esp. since the near-demise of employee benefits. The government is the people, the same ones who receive help when needed.

I might also add the people who do not pay into it do not receive as many benefits if and when they may need them. I, for instance, could not ask for Social Security Disability when I had congestive heart failure, as I had not worked enough "units" to accrue any entitlement and I couldn't draw it from my Rog's "bank" never mind that I was unable to work. If Rog had died, then I would have been able to draw from his account, but not otherwise until I turned 65(which I still haven't:-)No has he, thank goodness!)