"Also, unclear what you mean by "collect the check". If you are referring to collecting welfare, that is neither something I need nor want as I am stinking rich! All due to steady continuous investing since I was 23."
What I mean by "collect the check" is this....
DEMOCRATS DOMINATE ALL OF THE WELFARE ROLLS AND THE LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
The least impressive people in our society............... (This where you look in the mirror)
An individual’s likelihood of being a Democrat decreases with every additional dollar he or she earns. Democrats have a huge advantage (63 percent) with voters earning less than $15,000 per year. This advantage carries forward for individuals earning up to $50,000 per year, and then turns in the Republicans’ favor — with just 36 percent of individuals earning more than $200,000 per year supporting Democrats.
https://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/economic-demographics-democrats/
Voters with household incomes of less than $50,000 in 2019 broke for Biden by 55 to 43 percent — a 12 point margin, compared to 8 four years ago.
https://www.timesrepublican.com/opinion/columnists/2020/11/low-income-voters-showed-up-for-biden-now-they-need-relief/