What are some of the drawbacks of welfare?
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The main drawback is that it may create or promote a culture of dependency for the recipient. As a temporary measure to address a need, it may work. But it has to be temporary. A few years ago, Government toughened unemployement benefits by limiting them to a few weeks. That is the ideal use of Welfare because many people who receive it come to depend upon it rather then fend for themselves
1045529
people on welfare need something to talk about and unlike people who work they cant talk or bitch about there job so they bitch about welfare or bills that working people are paying for anyway.I imagin that theses people will be givin you all kinds of answers about this and all I ask is how the hell they got a computer.
30204
To name a few...\n\n- High cost of labor (salary, benefits, insurance, etc.);\n- High state & local taxes;\n- Strict state business laws;\n- Strict environmental standards; and\n- High energy cost.
925225
Bad for our country.  They may earn $5 an hour, under the table, and suck thousands in welfare and free medical care.
791029
Unfortunately, one of the most corrupt government spending programs is entitlements/welfare.  I really dont know how to fix it now since it is far out of control.  It would be hard to reform the system and "fine-tune" it when it is so far out of control, but we should give it a go.  I say out of control because some people who as far as I can see receive these entitlements now are not worthy of such benefits.  I think people who are deserving of these benefits are only the eldely and handicapped (mentally or physically).  Any person who can physically work should be working, ceteris paribus!  I understand that is an issue for debate with some.\n\nFurthermore, I think taxes should be levied entirely on a user basis.  I am speaking not only of school taxes, but I am going to take it a bit further by saying there should be no income taxes, instead tax items for sale.  Basically, what you buy is taxed by the government in place of the income tax.  Why should people have to pay taxes on items they do not benefit from, ie. school taxes for single homes.  I understand there are some issues with this, but it is just a thought.
1077721
Money  for nothing and the drinks are free.  Lazy and stupid.  And liberals fight laws limiting welfare.  \n\nKeep working, millions on welfare are dependant on you!  \n\nSilly liberal, paychecks are for those who WORK!
801486
Nice! \nDemocrats all the way baby!!!\n\nRe: Mei-Lin...You have no knowledge of assistance programs if you are going to make the claim that people that receive assistance simply are refusing to work. Taxes fund lots of programs such as social security and Medicare--do you want to take that assistance away from your grandparents? If not why then are so programs people deserving of and others they are not according to you? Are you aware that the large majority of people seeking welfare do not actually get it? In 1996 the nation had a major welfare reform. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program. If people seek welfare and they are able to work they typically receive no cash assistance. These programs are not easily accessable. So, that FAMILY may go without food or housing or heat until that parent can find a job. Is that ok with you? Do you want children going hungry? And, the majority of people receiving welfare are on it short-term, an average of 1-3 years. Also, people receiving welfare overwhelmingly have major life problems. A large percentage of recepients have a history of domestic violence, learning disabilities, mental illnesses...and the list goes on. Thus, these are not parents refusing to work these are parents with significant barriers to healthy life functioning, which includes maintaining employment. There will always be people that need help in any society and if those people do not recieve adequate help it will negatively effect the society. \nSecondly, in your republican mantra you stated that people should get their money back because they work hard. Question...city services among many other things need to be funded do you understand that that requires taxing people? It always seems that conservatives fail to see that taxing is necessary to provide citizens adequate services. You get something in return for the money you pay.
81911
Welfare is available in all states though some places do have more stringent requirements including residency to qualify
902599
Welfare reform is one of those holy grails of social reformists, getting rid of it puts people hard-up against the reality of paying their own bills, paying their own way and so forth. If you feel strongly that welfare should be abolished/reduced, then write your representatives and say that...
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Welfare has never been OK in this country. Despite the fact that some want to call us a "Christian" nation, we have never been happy "giving" people money - except at Christmas, maybe.\n\nAnd welfare has not officially been seen as good at least since Ronald Reagan forgot that, if it hadn't been for his friends who helped him out, he would have been poor. Clinton actually reformed welfare, requiring states to require people on welfare to work unless they were disabled or had small children. That's not enough for you?\n\nIf you think any of this is new, do some reading. Families used to be responsible for helping their relatives who fell on bad times. When the families didn't want to help, the churches took over. When the problems got so bad the churches couldn't or wouldn't do it, the governments had to do it. Now no one is doing it, so people freeze to death sleeping outdoors, as happened here in Worcester recently.\n\n"Then let them die, and decrease the surplus population!" Ebenezer Scrooge, "A Christmas Carol"
119996
We all know the disadvantages are death, misery,repression, fright, bodily injuries, rampages, evilness.\nThe advantages would be population control, improved economy for many, advances in technology, employment, nationalism( may unite people who have a common enemy), education about other societies, spreading of ideas.
209949
By having all these government programs, people become more\nand more dependent on the government doing everything for them instead of being self-sufficient. You wouldn't have so\nmany people who abuse these programs which is costing all of us a great deal of money (thru taxes and medical costs).
884655
Kinda hard to answer...welfare in Canada?  US?  UK?  Germany?\nItaly?.....????\n\nOk...in the US many states have enacted a 2 year maximum benefits policy and after that the person has to work on some sort of community improvement program...I agree with this as long as affordable child care is available.  Also, some states have welfare rules set very low...if you work at mcdonalds, you don't qualify, even if the cost of living is so high in the area that you have to live in a tent at a KOA or national park (ie. Georgia or the Sun Valley area of Idaho)...this is getting too extreme.  The question is...is it worth it to society to pay a little to single parents working at underpaid jobs and have kids taken properly cared of, or let them go as they will and have latchkey kids running wild and ending up in prison later.  I think that the welfare system in MOST of the US is too stringent and more money should be allocated for it...if we can afford a trillion dollars for Iraq, we can afford a hundred million more for struggling and working single parents.
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No.  What the govt needs to do is make sure that the people on food stamps and welfare are actually citizens.  There are a lot of illegals in the "welfare"system and it truly irritates me.  I need help and I can't get it but people who aren't citizens walk in and get whatever they want.  The food stamps and welfare are for citizens who need short-term help for whatever reason.
682706
Probably the single most item causing the downfall of our society.  We have, through our liberal lawmakers such as Hiliary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and others, created conditions where people find it not only easier to not work but also find it is finicially advantageous to stay unemployed.  In many cases the compensation from low skill jobs is less than the welfare benefits. Another aspect is that we encourage the birth of iligimate children as a way to increase ones welfare benefits. Free medical care, at the cost of those who work and pay into social security, for illegals and welfare recepients is bankrupting our social security system. The original conception of welfare/unemployment and other social programs for those unfortunates in need was good.  However, our liberal lawmakers have ammended and expanded these programs to the point that we now have 2nd and even 3rd generations on welfare and actually believe that they have the right to live the "Amerian" dream while never contributing anything except more illigimate children, drugs, crime and general choas.  How do we correct this situation?  Simple we must adopt the Singapore system of, "If you don"t work, you don't eat."  Having said that, I too realize that we do have some people who, through no fault of their own, fall on hard times and need help.  Being a compasionate society we must help those whom actually need "temporary" relief.  However, we should have time constraints and require every single able bodied person to perform public service in proportion to the amount of welfare they recieve.  Cleaning public buildings, streets, roadways parks and etc. are good examples of types of public services they could perform.  Why not let them work for the employers that claim they can not get American workers and got to the illegals.  After all many business, which I will not mention by name here because of the possibility of law suits, activitally recruit illegals under the guise that they can not find American workers who are willing to work for low wages.  These business include farmers, construction companies, restaurants, home care agencies, and yes some very large retailers. #1 we should not allow several different versions of the minimum wge. As an example: people in the food and beverage sectors have a minimum wage which is roughly three times below that required to be paid in the construction industry.  Why not institute a system where people on welfare can work for these industries and we could supplement their wages and bring them up to the level of what they are receiving on unemployment.  I do not like subsidizing these business which practice this type of horrendous treatment of human beings but maybe it would give some of the welfare recipients and incitative to find higher paying ligimate jobs.  I am sure that it would be less costly to the working american and will start them on the way to contributing instead of just taking.  Yes! I am also talking about "some" but I am afraid that "some" are the majority of welfare reciepients.
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Below is a link to an article on employment which gives facts and figures which might help you:\n\nhttp://wikipedia.org/wiki/unemployment\n\nYou might also find further information about the implications of the 'welfare' system in the following link:\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/welfare-trap\n\nHope this helps.
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It's not fare, that would mean that people on welfare would have to pay taxes, and we just couldn't have that. They would experience the paid of taxes, and that wold hurt their self esteem. causing the illegitimate kids to become criminals.