If welfare stopped tomorrow you would probably be amazed by the number of people who all of a sudden can fend for themselves. But as long as we are supplying them with little effort on their part...they will continue to live a lifestyle of welfare. The ones you are talking about who truly need help, I believe would be helped by the people around them. If half their money wasn't already taken and redistributed, I believe people would be much more charitable when it's not being forced upon them. Many people are resentful that their money is giving to "poor" people to feed them so that they can spend what money they do have on big screen TYs, iPhones, video games, etc. The system encourages people to spend.
Everyone I know on assistance, gets their big check from income tax and goes out on a big spending spree, buying big screen TVs, new furniture, etc...all this stuff that we DONT have because we spend ours on bills and feeding our family, and putting money in our emergency fund. But they are rewarded for going out and blowing 5,000 that could have fed them for several months.
Everyone I know on assistance, gets their big check from income tax and goes out on a big spending spree, buying big screen TVs, new furniture, etc...all this stuff that we DONT have because we spend ours on bills and feeding our family, and putting money in our emergency fund. But they are rewarded for going out and blowing 5,000 that could have fed them for several months.
When I worked at my old job, I saw a lot more people who took advantage of the system, so it was very frustrating seeing people on welfare drive away in a nicer car than mine, with their iphones and such. But I do not think that is the majority.