Should the government require welfare recipients to work?
90512
Yes they should require it..they should BE a part of the community that supports them.\n\nBut then you will get into Senate Bills and House Bills. and you will have to lobby on the bills to make them what you expect what is right and wrong, and then vote for it.\n\nIf the handicapped can find employment within a Sheltered Workshop and provide a service to the community.. regardless of their abilities.. then ANYONE that is able to collect welfare should be held to that same principle!!\n\nHowever.. you must consider the amount of money invested in these programs. In order to have mom and dad work, someone has to pay the babysitter... if we have to fund THAT too.. then how much are we willing to spend to get people out there working?\n\nThere are pros and cons to everything.. the key is to find what better serves the nation in education and self sufficiency.. and standing behind THAT. Because everyone in the community should be expected to carry their own weight.. regardles of personal choices or situations!!\n\nBut to Angie Rose..I appreciate you opinion very much, and happy that it worked out for you in the best way.. but the government isn't really doing a whole lot for us that are trying to make our situations better just because we  "married the right person", and are working out butts off everyday while having childen to support... and I got an education/work skills before I got married for my own ablities improvement.. so why is it that I am helping to fund others that didn't strive for that in their lives until they were in a hard spot and then give them the ability to live better than I do without me benefiting from it. ( SO you have to give respect to the asker's opinion of what do I get back).. You are able to give back LOADS now.. and I am happy your situation turned out that way, but there are people who decide "for whatever reason"..that they shouldn't work or give back ever. And I disagree with that.\n\n..Don't get me wrong I am for helping anyone in a tight spot.. but I just don't see having to remind people that they should always strive to be prepared for that "rainy day" (divorce, death of spouse, house burns down, "natural disaster may stretch it a bit far", but still a devestating situation) and not depended that THAT rainy day would never come to them. It's an odd world out there, your best is to have your defenses ready when you have an offense you didn't think would happen.\n\nIf my husband divorced me tomorrow, I know I will be responsible for making a home and income without him for my childrens sake.. and I will do my damned best before applying for anything until the community decide it's Too Much for one to bear.. I have my own accomplishments and drive to be able to do what is necessary if I get in a tight spot, and if I needed help.. I would FULLY expect to pay back whoever gave me the help when I got on my feet!!
158464
For one thing, they "work jobs nobody else will do" because a lot of people would rather sit home with their feet up on welfare than take any job at all.  What they need to do is redo the welfare system - you must PROVE that you cannot work, or that you are LOOKING FOR WORK in order to get your check.  And if you cannot work due to no skills at all, you MUST get job training in order to get the check.  Then once these people are forced off welfare they will have no choice but to take the job picking apples if they REFUSED to get any kind of education that would allow them to get a better job.  In fact, the welfare office could have a list of available jobs, and when the bums come in, send them to the job.
917631
workfare is a great thing. If I have to work to make ends meet, then EVERY able bodied person should have to.
79267
Yes. Too many people that are ripping off the government using the welfare system. Also, welfare is not a permanent solution, but is a helping hand until you get on your own two feet.
394179
Absolutely NOT!  I believe the tax burden on the poor should be light and that those who are successful and benefited the most from society should carry the larger tax burden.  Our current system is set up to do just that.  A flat tax would be nothing but a huge tax increase on the working poor and middle class and a tax cut for the wealthy.
520368
it's true what you are saying about people taking advantage...but not everybody ...some people are really poor and need the help..laws just have to catch those that take advantage of welfare ..because not everybody should pay....the laws need to tighten up on those individuals...that are taking advantage...but give welfare to the poor especially with really sick parent that cannot work,and need food for their children.
1043758
To all those right-wingers who suggest that welfare does things to people and that they don't bother to get out of poverty, I would like to inform you that yes, it does happen, but please don't generalize and suggest that a great majority of them do so.  I have a college degree and my family had to use welfare for a short time, because I was unable to find a job.  It helped us get by and be able to put some food on the table.  However, I was in a better position, in the fact that I actually do have a degree.  Many people on welfare don't and can't get anything more than a $8 an hour job.  If you think you can support 2 children on $8 an hour, I suggest you go try it.  I've known several people that have to work 2-3 jobs just in order to pay their bills.  It doesn't mean they're not "trying" to get out of poverty.  It's that they can't.  It's a vicious cycle.  To suggest that they're not "trying" to get out of poverty is extremely selfish and insensitive.  Sure, there are people that take advantage of the system, and the government should do a better job of punishing those that do.  But, don't blast the entire system just because of a few bad apples.  Throw out the bad apples.
969518
It's a tough problem.  Almost everyone wants to help someone who is genuinely down on his (or her) luck.  But if people know assistance is there, some will rely on it and not try hard enough to better themselves.  Even FDR said welfare has a "narcotic" effect.\n\nChanges in laws change behavior.  We "reward' poverty and so we may get more of it.\n\nI guess in an ideal world, everyone would ignore the possibility of government transfer payments, or somehow there'd be a mechanism where only those who "truly tried their best" get government support.\n\nSome states have stopped raising benefits when a "welfare mother" has another child.  But then again, it's not the kid's fault.
561570
This is a horrible idea. First of all, the government doesn't "give" anything to anyone, taxpayers do. So, for each of you who think this is great, go tell your neighbor, parents, or friends that you'll be taking $100 away from them every month to give to some kid whose parents should be taking care of him anyway. \n\nIf this is some welfare experiment, it is sure to backfire and it will only help those who refuse to help themselves. If you can't afford to have kids, there is a very simple solution... DON'T.
413752
Yes. There is a such thing in some states called ( a right to work state). This mean they don't have to have a reason. That don't mean that their always right and you sould still be eligable for unemployment.
593769
Yes, they should, it isn't enough to live on, especially if you have a partner who works, you have to declare how much and if they get £80 a week, then that's supposedly enough to support 2 people and pay all bills and food etc and any transport costs to get to interviews and costs for smart clothes and shoes and paper and anything else that helps in the attempt to get a job. In order to get a job you need money for things as I've mentioned and the best jobs you usually have to be able to drive, but if you have no job, you have no money to learn to drive and so you can't get a decent job. You people saying NO have obviously never been unemployed in England!!\nAnd the jobcentre doesn't care how much you pay out, just how much you have coming in, it's ridiculous and if the government were forced to live on such a little amount they'd soon be borrowing and scrimping and saving all they could!
547514
they probly werent raised a hard worker. besides, with it being so easy to get the government to give them all this stuff, theres no reason for them to find a job. i say well-fare needs a strict reformation. disabled people need the help, but someone that cant find a job? why should my parents have to pay them because they're to lazy to get a job? its all politics. the politician that helps bring more equality to the nation(hmm, that sounds alot lke communism) usually gets elected.
531967
Good question: BTW don't listen to the nutty liberals that will answer. I believe only less than 1% of the population isn't able to work...we should take care of them...but we have to many that are fully capable or working but simply chose not to...they should be left alone to suffer the consequence of THEIR choices
813590
I know a couple of people who are on welfare or who have been on welfare and only 1 in 10 takes advantage. Why then punish the 9? Who are hard working single mothers? Mothers who need welfare to supplement their income. Mothers who work 10 + hours a day? I'm assuming that you've never had to ask for help because you wouldn't be on the sidelines tiffing about it. How cruel some people can be to another they don't even know. My granny depends on welfare to help her buy groceries. How dare you put your uppity nose down at people who aren't as privileged as you! Lastly welfare feeds children. So what if that one is lazy and doesn't want to work, should their children go hungry and homeless? What would you have the state do? Put those children in foster care? That system is already full and they can't keep enough homes available. I'm sickened by the lack of humanity that these answers have. THE NEED FOR WELFARE IS GOING UP BECAUSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IS GETTING BIGGER!
402702
if by caring you mean, keep the politicians rich, and everyone else poor, then yes.\n\nCommunism has been proven not to work several times.  Free market is what works.  If you work hard, you are rewarded.  If you do not work, then you are not rewarded, unless some liberals get some things their way.\n\nedit*  the question asked about who cares about WORKING people.  Capitalism takes care of people who WORK.  If you are looking for a handout, or looking to have the government take things you worked hard for, and distribute them to the non workers, then socialism is for you.\n\nSocialism:  Study hard, work hard, become a doctor or start a business, and have everything you worked for given away to the people who chose not to study or work.
619657
i dont believe any place should be forced to employ people like that. the reason the goverment issues ssi checks is so that normal people like me can go to work in peace and not have to worry about some lunatic who should not have been there in the first blowing my phucking head of because they forgot to take their meds. those checks insure that you , youself and irene can still pay the bills from the safety of your own home
1149775
because they need to make up for the lazy azzes that are on welfare here that dont wanna work!!