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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
So you would be happier if our poor were as well off as India's poor?
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Maybe it would motivate them to get out of bed and go do something in the morning! In the thirties when welfare started, it was administered by building roads and bridges using the unemployed for labor at a nominal pay rate. They maintained their pride because they were working for the money rather than a handout. If B.O.'s Stimulus would have employed the unemployed who would otherwise have been on welfare, as opposed to pumping big money into the unions, we could have our roads fixed up, help the poor AND eliminate some of the hand out expense. A triple return.
Don't get me wrong, for those who are TRULY in need, I want to help them in any way I can. For those who want to simply lay around depending on the government to support them like the lady with 14 kids in the other thread, they need to take some responsibility for their own actions.