Poll

If you were in charge, what would you do?

Increase welfare spending
1 (6.3%)
Maintain welfare spending
3 (18.8%)
Decrease welfare spending
8 (50%)
Abolish welfare spending
4 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 15

What is your opinion on the amount of money the US spends on welfare each year?

Dustin | Heroic Invincible!
 
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This is pathetic, Cheat
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I think it should be lowered. Not dramatically but a good amount.

 
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The gap between "poor + benefits" and "not quite as poor - benefits" should close.

Personally I'm for pumping as much money into it as possible.

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These policies are how LBJ turned our cities into voting plantations.

They should be very gradually reduced over time.

 
 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
Reduced, but made more effective.

Wage subsidies like the EITC are usually the most effective forms of welfare; the entire system should be along such lines.

 
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It'd be nice if there was some way for people to earn the money.  Obviously they can't work a normal job, but something.
Because way too many people abuse welfare that can work but are too lazy too.

 
 
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We could do more with less, or do even more with the same amount if we overhaul the welfare system into something that's not so horribly inefficient.

 
 
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Maybe we should do something to try to eliminate the working poor that receive public assistance...

 
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Quote from: challengerX on December 28, 2014, 02:16:10 PM
Change it and implement a program to get people working.
Such as? You can't just create jobs that aren't needed.

 
 
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Quote from: Mad Max on December 28, 2014, 02:46:00 PM
Maybe we should do something to try to eliminate the working poor that receive public assistance...
Now when you say eliminate...

 
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Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on December 28, 2014, 02:46:53 PM
Quote from: Mad Max on December 28, 2014, 02:46:00 PM
Maybe we should do something to try to eliminate the working poor that receive public assistance...
Now when you say eliminate...
KILL 'EM ALL

No, but really. Wage increases. Benefits. Raise them out of that category.

 
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If people are actually trying to get off welfare, keep supporting them. They'll support themselves well when they are off welfare.

But for those who intend to stay on it forever, something needs to be done. Check to see if they are looking for jobs, make qualifications more strict. Something.

 
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We always say to fight fire, you must use fire. This is wrong. Fighting fire with fire will leave scars and a new flame will rise. We must instead use water. It is the opposite of fire, it extinguishes the fire, it cools, it refreshes, it heals. We are made up of 70% water, we are not made up of 70% fire. Please practice what we truly are
Decrease welfare spending, decrease warfare activity and start fixing our REAL problems with the saved money.