If you truly want to know what blasted our debt, look no further then Obama bein in office and running a 2 trillion dollar deficit, more than the total of all presidents prior to him. If you truly want to help people you give them a hand up. The best way to do that is through incentives, if you work 40hrs a week, we raise whatever salary you make up to $15.0 an hour. You help no one buy continually handing them funds to sit at home and collect them. I know its easier to call someone heartless and try to shame them, and you wont listen to a word ive said. There are solutions, socialism is not it. Also the top 3% of income earners pay over 70% of our taxes. Wish I was one of them. Im no different than you, I work hard for my money and want to keep as much for my family as I can.