Work money brings more to families than borrowed money. Money cannot continue to be distributed unfairly from productive Americans to Americans who refuse to be constructive. Americans need to focus on the long-term effects of well-being. People depend on available programs to survive. What are we teaching our future generations about relying on someone else? According to _, over one hundred and forty million dollars was spent on SNAP/Food Stamps in February 2016 alone; however, this was only in Tennessee. Welfare recipients benefit from many supports and programs that should benefit other families or children in crisis. Growing up, there were five of us in our household. I have no problem with taxpayer dollars being used to help families in times of crisis. There were three children, my father and my stepmother; however, my father was our family's sole source of income; as a result, my father had to pay not only his expenses, but also those of four other family members. Welfare recipients only need to think about a small spectrum of how this would affect a family.