social security disability, self-inflicted,

And another thing... what is with all of the people that cause their own condition and then expect us to pay for them? I myself have ataxia, a fatal condition, which it is true, I am on social security disability. Now many other people have conditions, like MS, MD, CP, or numerous others that are something that they have had no control over? Other people have conditions THEY caused, i.e. bad knees ( yes I know someone who collects because he is to fat, which has caused his knees to go bad), emphysema, alcoholism, and other self-inflicted conditions. One lady a friend knows collects $800 a month because she is lazy,( nothing medically wrong) and yet she bitches when s.s. makes her do volunteer work for the money. Since when is laziness and drinking oneself stupid entitles you to collect money for causing your own problems!? Everyone I know including myself, with a disease that is fatal or very debilitating, would be all to happy to earn a living if they could!! Why then, should those that are to lazy or have caused their own condition, be allowed to collect under, what I consider to be a false pretense?

pass the cost on to customers?

to be cont...In Ann Arbor, for example, one popular food chain pays three hundred dollars a month for their managers to park!! Since the city charges this much, it is not to hard to believe that most if not all chains are charged this much! And do you think they pay this as a cost of business without passing it on to the consumer? One answer=NO!! All businesses, especially the ones selling food make such a big profit, that there is NO reason why this kind of expense should be passed on to us!.... And another thing... if healthy food is so good for us, why is it so damn expensive? It almost seems that the food industry in general wants to keep their profits high while keeping the quality of the food we eat low! And why not unhealthy and overweight people are great customers for medical businesses! Have you ever seen a fat person as a poster child for health foods?...but you have for a slew of medical conditions! Comments encouraged!!