RE: 2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN
January 7, 2013 at 3:13 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm by Tiberius.)
Welfare is a double edged sword. I don't object to giving the poor money to keep themselves alive, but I do object to creating dependance on welfare. If a person can get by on welfare, they have no incentive to actually go and get a job. Indeed, some forms of welfare simply create more problems by adding more money (i.e. having extra kids gets you more money, so the incentive will be to produce more children).
Getting rid of welfare won't work unless we first sort out the economy so that business (especially small business) with thrive. Competition needs to be a factor. The minimum wage is also something that holds this back; it sounds great on paper, but in reality, the government cannot rationally judge how much a job should be worth to a company...only the company can do that. Some jobs are not worth $7.25 an hour, period.
Edit: Before someone objects, let me state that when I say people who can get by on welfare have "no incentive", I refer to the minority of welfare receivers who just mooch off the government. I am well aware that there are people on welfare who would rather have a job, and actively try to find one. It was bad phrasing on my part.
Getting rid of welfare won't work unless we first sort out the economy so that business (especially small business) with thrive. Competition needs to be a factor. The minimum wage is also something that holds this back; it sounds great on paper, but in reality, the government cannot rationally judge how much a job should be worth to a company...only the company can do that. Some jobs are not worth $7.25 an hour, period.
Edit: Before someone objects, let me state that when I say people who can get by on welfare have "no incentive", I refer to the minority of welfare receivers who just mooch off the government. I am well aware that there are people on welfare who would rather have a job, and actively try to find one. It was bad phrasing on my part.
