This month marks an interesting anniversary for me — it’s been one year since I became a welfare mom. And that’s been on my mind lately. Yep, I’m “on the dole,” as one of our Daily News columnists put it last week. My Medicaid benefits for pregnancy were approved last September. Your tax dollars paid for my prenatal care and the birth of my son, and now they’re paying for his doctor visits and immunizations. This sounds a little strange, but I want to say thanks. I know no one really voluntarily gives their taxes, but I still feel I owe a debt to everyone whose hard-earned money has helped pay for me to have a healthy family. See, I always feel a little sheepish — guilty, even — when I admit we’re on government assistance/Tara Roberts, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Should a motivated person like Tara feel guilty because she's on welfare?