Welfare Moms, Stop Whining Letter Of The Week: From Dec. 28

In response to Lori Belnap’s letter, “Somehow, I’m being shorted,” I’m tired of welfare moms complaining about how hard they have it.

I’m a single mom and I’ve managed to raise my children without one penny of welfare money or food stamps. Motherhood is not a profession; it is a responsibility that is shared by the mother and the father. I made sure the father of my children paid child support. It wasn’t much but it helped.

I work 40 hours a week to support myself and my children. I didn’t have the time or the finances to attend college myself. But, with a lot of hard work, I have managed to buy a home and help finance my oldest son’s college expenses. In a few years I will do the same for my youngest child.

I understand that some people need assistance to get on their feet, and that welfare is needed to help such people. But my hard-earned tax dollars are helping to send them to college, paying for their health care, their food stamps and their rent. So when they complain that it is just not enough, I ask them to think about people like me who work hard to support our families as well as theirs. Barbara Williams Spokane

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