I have always wondered what they have done to earn the money myself. Lets see, worked in -40 weather two weeks at a time working 7/ 12's, yeah that's it. My husband did that for 40 years while many of you crapped out babies you could not afford just to get a free check for everyone of those kids. I like getting my check each year, but it is time for the freebies to be gone. I also lived here in a time we paid state tax, nothing wrong with that either. When I met my husband he made $6.50 an hour and the company he worked for bounced the payroll, we got by on beans and cornbread. We could not get a credit card and payed cash for everything. We went to our bank and took out a thousand dollar loan just to establish credit. We took the thousand dollars and put it in the bank, each month we made the payment to the bank, finally we were able to get a few extras. People you need to take care of yourself, don't depend on the government, stop whining.