Should we eliminate the welfare system for all ppl in the US?

QuestionsAnswered

You have to examine all possibilities.. sure the lazy ones will get a job. But there are people who sometimes fall on their face and well, sometimes welfare saving the day gives them that base to help them back up.

People often say lets remove it because of the bad ones that abuse the system. But if we punished the good ones because of the bad ones would that be right?

angela R

any civilized first world country has to provide for the elderly and handicap population.....I say they tighten the law on those who are eligible.....but to eliminate the entire welfare would be cruel to those people.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Goodness NO!! Do you even know how hard they make you work for welfare. Those so called lazy people do have to take classes and gets jobs, not everything is for free just because its welfare.

PANCHA

No.

question212

In my day they didn't have welfare. We had to take any job that we could find or do without. We lived in a two room apartment and lived on the bare necessities. We had too much pride to beg or tell anyone. We survived and worked at many hard jobs with out complaining. Today we are retired and and can afford to live how we want. We still live very moderately and have a nice family and 50 yrs of marriage. We live in a great country and I get tired of everyone wanting the government to take care of them. If they spent as much time looking for work as they do protesting and expecting freebies this would be a different world.

stellablue1959

Not all people who receive welfare are "lazy".After working 20+ years as a nurse,a lifetime disability forced me to quit my job,on my doctors advice.Since the typical time it takes after applying for disability benefits, till they finally approve you, can be up to 2 years,I had no choice but to go on welfare to pay the rent and feed my child.I don't know what I would have done for those 2 years if there hadn't been some type of assistance available.I was embarrased at first to know that the mailman knew I was getting a welfare check and the people behind me in line at the store knew I was using food stamps,but then I remembered all the taxes I paid in those 20+ years of working.The amount of assistance I received didn't cover even the cost of the rent,my church helped with the remainder,but if that help wouldn't have been there I would have been homeless.And by the way,when my disability benefits were finally approved,I had to pay the welfare system back every penny they gave me in cash assistance.

Shelby67grl

I don't think we should eliminate it all together, but the government should raise their standards a bit and give it ONLY to those who legitimately deserve it.

DEP

Most people who answered 'yes' with no back up as far as them even knowing what they are talking about are idiots.

There are problems with AND without. Welfare NEEDS major reform, but welfare doesn't just encompass 'lazy' americans illegals.

you guys should actually read up rather than goin, "welp, hannity and o'reilly said we should and they are the be-all end-alls!!"

yuck yuck yuck

hollowagain

America is a free nation and we want as little of the government getting into our business as possible. When the government gives you money they control you: they tell you how much money, how to spend your money, and blah blah blah. We don't want MORE government control we want LESS so welfare is bad.

bajaexplorer

yes.

wheniawoke

first, get rid of all ILLEGALs, then fill their jobs with the Americans who are on welfare. offer state childcare. problem solved

PANCHA must be an illegal on welfare

and honey, i have been around the world. i have been to kosovo, macedonia, iraq, england, germany, holland, switzerland, itay, bulgaria, qatar. i served our country for 6 long years and am now disabled, thank you very much. i would like to hear you have done the same. no i don't think you have otherwise you would have a little more appreciation for the law.

A.Marie

I love this idea, let's run for President together! I have some ideas of my own too.

hichefheidi

maybe for everyone over the age of 18. I don't think that we should punish children because their parents couldn't afford to have them. And the majority of people on welfare are children

NoMoreTuaca...chic!â™¥

ABSOLUTELY, i think that would be the best thing for our country people have become to dependent on hand outs.

gokart121

Not a bad idea! Since something like 1/3 of the federal budget goes to entitlement payments, wow, that'd really be a big shot in the arm for american business! Of course, then you'd have a lot of people who have been reliant on govt freebies having a readjustment problem, but it wouldn't be impossible. It'd squelch the immigration problem, it'd take us to 99% employment! LOL

elperro

Yes. There are plenty of charities out there to help the poor. Let the churches handle the poor.

sway_ii

Yes we should.

cantcu

You don't know what you are talking about so if you don't why do you open your mouth!

You know how STUPID that question really is??

And for your own information, there is no WELFARE!! There is Tanif, but it is short term! And most on that are children, the elderly and the disabled. Gonna find them a job??

Illegals can't get any help by law. You have to have an ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE and be a US citizen, or here legally!

The unemployed and poor are the buffer that makes your stupid economy run! Ever heard of "Supply and Demand"! There will never be full employment and 6 or 7% that are still drawing unemployment are the tip of the iceberg!

Go live under a bridge and tell me how you like it!

confusedwhyhow

I really think you should take another step back and mayby put some thought into you question.Their are people all over the us that depend on welfare to feed there family's,and it isn't because there to lazy to find work some time it's as simple as there just isn't any work at the time,and wow if you know some people who actually live on welfare alone then they must be smarter then they look, because welfare isn't enough to live off of any were with the way the prices keep raising, and i also don't know why you bring immigration into this question i am as white as they come and personally i don't care you immigrate here people move here because they can't make it in there countries its a harder life style then were used to so why should they not be aloud over here should they struggle to make it just because of what side of the world they were born into, i mean come on how selfish can a person actually get???

Simplystunning

Eliminating welfare would further burden social services and likely result in an increase of other taxes at the state or municipal level to offer assistance to those in need. You appear to be ignorant about the role of welfare in society, and assume that everyone that is on welfare is lazy which is not true. Sweeping changes in law introduced under the Clinton Administration have brought new work stipulations to welfare recipients as well as a lifetime assistance limit of 5 years. Before you make further ignorant statements as the one in your question, you might want to learn more about what you are talking about unless you intend to appear so ignorant and disconnected from social policies.

sqwirl_hater

Not altogether, no. Some people can not make it without aid. But for the deadbeats that are able to work, and for all the illegal criminals, they should get NOTHING!

Love America

maybe need give welfare & a same time comunity service, & do da ppl find a job, need new rules, like pay back some money & no more then two babyes

mastinox

Yes! The only purpose of government is, defending our borders an enforcing our laws.

cowboy

No but they should take you off it.!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go back and work the streets ladi, your a tramp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yukaza

Not all people that get welfare can be classified as "lazy"
Some are there only for a short time before becoming self supporting. A lot of children would suffer if their parents were denied welfare. If you are able bodied yes you should work,but you can not generalize them.The family's that are 2nd and 3rd generation welfare recipients should be kicked off totally,that's fraud and a way of life not real need. No one here illegally should get welfare . Period.
But no I don't think all welfare should be eliminated,but the cheaters and the healthy should be denied.

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