NOBODY EVER said that blacks were the only ones on welfare. You simply elected to interpret it that way. It doesn't really matter who the recipient of the free stuff is. There is too much of it and giving even more makes things unsustainable. If my household is spending more than I make, I have a choice to make. I can let that continue until I no longer can pay my bills and file bankruptcy. The other alternative is to pay attention, and try to take some preventative measures that will allow me and my family to live a normal life. If that means sacrificing some things that we want, then so be it. That sacrifice is much cheaper than the inevitable bankruptcy just around the corner. From my viewpoint, keeping my family solvent and out of financial trouble is far more "compassionate" than simply giving them everything until the point arrives where I can give them nothing.