"I looked toward my State (Mississippi) for some kind of assistance but there is none. "
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My personal view is very anti-governemnt. I don't want any more of their involvement in my life. If someone wants the government to help they need to realize how well they jhave done in the past. Government schools are horrid, wellfare, medicare and FEMA are filled with fraud. Social security is screwed up. Homeland security is a frigging joke. Local politicians are like minor criminals, training for the big house in DC. The state houses are like semi-pro spoets teams, learning the proper techniques to steal money from the citizen without the individual realizing they have been fleeced with the force of law.
If that is the type folks you care to deal with, go ahead. But, ask - what gives any man or orginization the "right" to forceably take property from one person or group and "give" it to another if they "play by certain rules". Personally, I'll pay the extra cost to avoid them thinking they have any right at all to control my life.
Your mileage may vary, they may hang you with a newer rope.
Ron
