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WOW and I thought Louisiana was pretty bad.  How long can they be on that plan, ugh sorry you guys are dealing with this.

Well, hopefully she starts to have more self confidence, and some ambition when she loses.

There are people who should qualify for assistance.  There are also those who make entitlement a way of life.  Why would anyone in MA want to work?  It's much nicer to just be taken care of.

I have been enjoying reading about your poor friend.  Her situation does bring out a lot of emotions both ways.  At least she will have to get a psych eval that she may not have gotten otherwise.  They explored so many topics there, it may bing up questions that only she can answer without her mother or sister.

 

A little different point of view.  I spent most of my career in the auto industry.  Workers were highly compensated and had excellent medical and other benefits.  The union made sure that nobody worked very much.  You could meet your quota for the day by working about two hours and the rest of the time you could do what you wanted.

Read, listen to music, visit with friends, work on crafts, have wonderful buffets in the plant, smoke, play cards, or board games.  They did not allow TV sets in the plant, but if you had a portable model you could take it to the yard outside.  Much conversation was about the low life people on welfare.  I always felt like we were on generous motors welfare.  

Everyone who has a job does not work hard.  I found out that the more money people make, the less they work.  It is the low compensated people who work and who often do not have benefits.  In many cases, it makes economic sense to quit the low wage job and go onto assistance.  Many of the people I worked with are now supporting their adult children while collecting their own generous pensions.  

If Obama care allows people to have the dignity of working for their living, then I am all for it.

Ang I totally understand your frustration it frustrates me as well. What I fear for your friend is this surgery won't benefit her if she is as lazy and dependent as you say. That would make me even angrier, if she wasted the opportunity and tax payer money, so as a friend put your feelings behind you and become he mentor. Perhaps add she loses the weight she'll gain maturity from her friend, mentor, and role model. Maybe that is lifes plan. Accept the challenge and make a difference!