How does a government facilitate comprehensive care for its constituents without sacrificing equity?

In all honestly, the government cannot care for its constituents without sacrificing equity. When we think of the care offered by the government for health care, living expenses, and other aids for low income assistance, the money has to come from somewhere to help furnish those in need. Especially with this economy in its current state, more and more families need financial help. As nice as it is to know we have a system in place to help get those in need back on their feet, that’s just it, it really should be monitored to ensure it does just that, get them back on their feet. The problem with this comprehensive care, too often it can be taken advantage of it. If a family continues having children and as a result gains more cash assistance, food stamps, etc. and even more if they don’t work, why would they want to start now? Help should be there in the beginning, but then be revisited later to ensure these families in need are finding a way out and on their own without that government aid.

This brings me to a classmate’s blog I just read. It seems as though the middle-class citizens are not meeting any criteria for help and are considered to have too high of income. Again, because the government is sacrificing equity, they seem to be setting a limit on those who will actually receive help and if you are already in that category, feel free to stay as long as you like. I am a firm believer we need to help our fellow Americans, but why should it be okay for some to take advantage of the system? Isn’t that only hurting the population as a whole? I guess I have seen both sides in my life time, those who use it because they needed it and found a way to grow and make it on their own, and those who have been on it since I can remember just because it’s the easy way to do it.