Kids, you have to read this opinion piece by Larkin Warren, it is powerful, thought provoking, and totally illustrates why we have a social safety net in this country in the first place:  Taking Responsibility on Welfare – NYTimes.com.  Larkin Warren, one of the 47% who didn’t need Mitt Romney to learn to care for themselves, is also the co-author of Carissa Phelps’s “Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time,” and is at work on her own memoir.