Beats working
Welfare pays better. By design. I don’t understand this mentality at all. See, I want to be rich. So, I work toward that. I just don’t get this at all.
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August 22nd, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Ummm, it’s an attempt at a form of slavery, where by you set up and control a segment of the population through their dependence on big government and the fear that someone will come along and take the government teat away. Then once you have the “new deal slaves” in a proper panic you send buses out to pick them up, take them to the polls and ensure that they vote for the proper political party.
I think that is all there is to get.
August 22nd, 2013 at 12:23 pm
They are paying way too much for the votes, then.
Wait, I think I just stumbled onto the entire problem with the Democrat party!
August 22nd, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Uh…. NO. Hey look, BOTH SIDES LIE.
I saw that report come out a few days ago. While their numbers do technically add up (for the most part) they are missing a lot of key points and kind of twisting the math to show what they want it to show.
One thing that drives me crazy is how they lump everything into ‘welfare’ talking about the ‘total welfare package’ but then switch to numbers that refer only to TANF (the cash assistance program) when talking about work requirements and the percentage of recipients who work, implying that people who receive these giant ‘welfare packages’ are not working (they use the term to refer to whatever is going to make their point). They imply throughout the entire article that people are either on ‘welfare’ or they are working, completely missing that fact that among non-disabled, non-elderly households, the vast majority of recipients of these programs ARE working!
They also talk about ‘long term’ recipients without giving any mention to how long the people actually receive benefits (there is a 5 year maximum for TANF benefits, there is a time limit for adults without children for SNAP, WIC is only for kids up to age 5 – and the benefit amount is much smaller after the child turns 1, there are always limits on housing assistance for non-disabled families, etc, etc.
They also talk about the programs as a package implying that people tend to receive all of them when that is certainly not the case. About 75% of families living in poverty do not receive TANF, around 40% of individuals eligible for snap do not typically receive benefits (participation rates increased recently due to the economy), 40% of individuals eligible for WIC do not receive benefits, and only about 15% of poor families get housing assistance. And they include Medicaid (one of the largest benefits they include) as though that were cash income to the family, which is kind of misleading – and Medicaid definitely goes primarily to working families.
So sure, it is possible to take the maximum benefit available to numerous assistance programs and add them together but that does not make it the reality. It would be an EXTREMELY rare and lucky family to actually participate in and receive maximum benefits from all programs counted in the report. But the biggest flaw is that they portray the programs as an alternative to working when really they support the millions of low-wage workers, working part time jobs or earning minimum wage.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:08 pm
With me it’s not so much wanting to be rich,(though I wouldn’t mind that)it’s pride and self respect. I’ve never taken a handout and never will. I’ve worked for everything I’ve ever had.
I’m retired and not wealthy by any means but I’m comfortably well off and that’s good enough for me. 🙂
August 23rd, 2013 at 1:18 pm
@mikee. Of course they pay too much attention to the vote. That’s how they keep their six figure job and meet all the right people so that when they are done they can get a seven figure job as a lobbyist for those same people.