Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom the nation's highest civilian honor by President George W. : /ʃəˈleɪlə/ shə-LAY-lə; born February 14 1941) served for eight years as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton and has been president of the University of Miami a private university in Coral Gables Florida since 2001. Donna Edna Shalala (pron.