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Originally Posted by Dirty
Everyone would like the extra money, but you're making it sounds like welfare is an evil when it's a very good thing. It sounds like you want welfare to be a free ride and the government shoudl just give all these poor people loads of money. They give them a home and pay for all of their food, seriously what else do you want them to do?? They work so they can contribute to society and earn what they are receiving. I don't think it's a free ride and I don't think it's a bunch of lazy people either, but most of these people are happy just to have a shelter and food. The government does so much for these people and I don't understand why you have to make it into some sort of evil when without welfare most of these people would be dead or in prison.
The term welfare has a negative stigma attached to it, in my opinion largely because there are so many people abusing it. AKA the people who drive a Lex and roll up with food stamps. I can't remember the exact statistics, but in public polling when the question was asked "Do you support welfare," the support received was very low. And when the question asked was "Do you support government assistance to the poor" the support received was very high. And they are the SAME THING. Just something interesting I learned.
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No, I think you are misunderstanding me. Re-read some of my posts up there. I said I'm in support of Transitional Jobs so that people can get OFF of welfare and the government can stop spending so much money on it. Welfare is supposed to be temporary/emergency. I know it's a good thing.