| Why do people complain about welfare so much? I have never in my life claimed welfare and hopefully I will never have to. That being said, if I get hurt and can't work anymore or whatever else, it's good to know there's a security net out there to keep me from living on the street, to the point of no return. Social welfare has helped my cousin who's a single mom get through school and keep her kids in school. It's helped my dad when he broke his leg and couldn't work. It helps many many people and I do not begrudge them for taking it. It serves a purpose, namely "keep people from sinking into poverty and then crime". Look at the countries with no / very little social welfare, there's Brazil, China, Honduras, Russia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, etc... I think we see the picture. Why do people hate the system that's only trying to help them? Do poor right wingers really think it's a good idea to do away with all social welfare because they make so much money and never get into accidents that they'll never need it? Well, we don't have food stamps in Canada so I don't know about that. Sounds a bit Stalinist. But in terms of people cheating the system, big deal! We might as well stop doing anything then. People use identity theft to live off others, lets ban ID! People screw insurance companies, let's ban insurance! Politics - 6 Answers Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions : 1 : yes I think that you are right 2 : I think it's only because dishonest people can take advantage of the system and basically make a living off of it. I know plenty that do. And food stamps are greatly abused by some people, such as on chips, pop, etc. And some people even dump out the pop in the states that offer return deposits, and return the cans at 5 or 10 cents a piece, and use that money to buy cigarettes or beer. I think we need welfare in our country, but maybe it should be monitored more closely to make sure that only the extremely needy people receive it so our country does not continue going into debt. 3 : you can only get welfare if you have kids. thats why you see these single mothers have 5 or 6 kids by different men. I know a lot of welfare dads who have never bothered to get a job give their drug dealers their foodstamp pin numbers for money so they can buy their drugs 4 : It doesn't work. It only keeps people as slaves to the government. If you think it works for society, you only have to examine the most cared for population on earth...the American Indian. They've gone no where. Sure, they blame it on all kinds of things. Doesn't everyone on welfare? 5 : I hate welfare because, the system is too easy to take advantage of and even easier to manipulate. Also, the only solution that Congress ever proposes is to throw more money at the problem. This increases my tax burden for people who do nothing but sit on their lazy azzes and collect money that I worked 2 jobs to earn. Sorry, but it's a bit difficult for me to have any compassion for people that do absolutely nothing and get paid for it. There are many government programs that I would love to see disappear....food stamps and welfare are at the top of the list. 6 : Persons on welfare & food stamps buy a better grade of every thing than I the tax payer can reasonably afford. The fraud can be dealt with but isn't. I believed it to be a compassionate gift sustenance not Extravagance. Now it is referred as an entitlement and said to be insufficient by way of demand. Here your father would have received Workman's compensation or disability. |
Friday, March 7, 2014
Why do people complain about welfare so much?
