[ANDY M]

Gentlemen, please try to be a little bit objective here.
Suppose you have worked hard all of your life, but then you develope a medical condition that forces you to retire.
After you lose your insurance, can't get work anymore because of age discrimination, and you loose your house to payoff your bills, what are you going to do? There are many homeless people that are not alcoholics or drug users, but just got crushed by bad luck. Ohio has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country, because folks who were trusting enough not to read the fine print got screwed when they took out those adjustable rate mortgages that keep going up, and they can't make the payments anymore. Look forward to seeing a lot more of that as the housing market implodes from too much greed.
If you're a Republican, check the history books for what Richard Nixon signed into law. Makes him look like a liberal by the neocon standards of today. BTW, he was in favor of social welfare reforms, not welfare elimination.
Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, section 8 are all social welfare laws voted on for the benifit of the people that need them. Sure there is abuse and fraud, but congress has passed plenty of "Welfare for the Rich" legislation too.
I know millionaires that insist on getting the senior discount they could live without. Saves them a dollar.
As Ken S. points out, do something if you want changes. Then think about the people we give charity to, and why they need it. You try to live on Soc. Sec. disability, and see how far that $1400 a month goes. Or just vote to do away with soc. sec, and become homeless because there is no such thing as section 8 housing. Can't afford to put your folks in a nursing home, but don't want the burdon of taking care of them? Without Medicare or Medicaid, your choice might not be the one you like.
JMHO. Soryy for venting, it's a touchy subject.