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Originally Posted by Guest
I believe there should be help of some form FOR THOSE WHO TRULY NEED IT....VS those who know well how to use the system for self indulgence....like a family on food stamps still managing to buy cigarettes and booze.
In our current age of entitlement it the hand outs are ecpected and abused.
Most of the programs have very weak, ambiguous threshold qualifications and follow up, hence abuse and longevity in the program.
Use some of the funding to provide JOBS to people to administer the billions being tossed into the wind.....nah that makes too much sense.
There should be an expectation of some sort of work to be done to get the benefit like the old WPA.....why not?BTK
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Great question. While there are likely more people than not that do genuinely need assistance, as is usually the case those that abuse the system tend to color the majority that do not.
I am a great fan of doing at least SOME kind of work in exchange for public assistance. Those of able mind and body could provide a plethora of services that communities are in dire need of, perhaps decreasing the cost of state and local governments. I am not sure of all the reasons something like this is put in place, but I suspect it has a lot to do with generations of families having been raised with a sense of entitlement and some simply knowing no other way. If you are never taught or shown anything different it tremendously lessens the odds of breaking out of the cycle.
We as a nation have tolerated/allowed this to become what it is, our complacency as the programs grew and generations 3 and 4 joined the fray is certainly a culprit. We allowed our lawmakers on BOTH sides of the isle to continue with it as business as usual. Question is...will we demand and receive something different?