WARNING: This might piss some people off.

So if you're sensitive... don't keep reading. That's my warning.

So picture this: I'm in the grocery store yesterday; I have my usual basket of veggies, boca burgers and Special K cereal. I walk back and forth trying to find the fast moving check-out lane. If you know me you know this is a futile move on my part. I pick the wrong line. Every. Single. Time. This time being no exception. So I choose a line behind this nice little old woman who also has only a basket, not a cart. (( Side note: I think you should be able to use the express checkout if you have items exceeding 12 if 95% of your basket is vegetables... )) So i figure, this line looks great and start perusing the trashy magazines around me. 5 minutes later I realize I haven't moved at all and the nice old woman around me is fidgeting from irritation. I look around her and her I see a woman, maybe 30, if that. The woman is emptying what appears to be her second cart of groceries. When I notice what's going on, she takes out 3 boxes of Kix cereal and then hands the cashier what looked to me like pay check. She signed it, the cashier signed it and then he scans it and gives it back to her. Is this what food stamps look like? I have no idea. So I'm watching this time-consuming process for over 20 minutes. 5 cans of condensed Juicy-Juice. Check Exchange. 3 Packages of Kraft singles. Check exchange. 2 gallons of milk. Check exchange. You get it. SO 20 minutes later I notice there are 5 children with this woman and they're running about. I'd say the oldest was maybe 7? And she's yelling to them, literally yelling, about how they wont be able to play with their other brothers and sisters when they get home if they don't behave. This woman had MORE than her 5 children that were with her?!?!?! The question begs to be asked - instead of government issued assistance for her groceries, perhaps it would behoove the government to send this damn woman some condoms! Are you kidding me? She went through maybe 300 or 400 dollars worth of groceries. How much does a fucking package of condoms cost?

Please don't get me wrong. I understand that it is our countries obligation to feed children. I get it. I'm all for it. But at some point it needs to be acknowledged that we are enabling people to live off of the government. I understand there are "oops" babies. I understand maybe you have some kids and run into financial trouble. But this woman had in EXCESS of 5 children. That's a joke. You just should not be able to bring children into this world, never mind a brood of children, if you are not able to provide for them within reason.

You don't have to agree. It's just a thought. Seems a tad bit ridiculous to me.