Are the poor taking advantage of goverment help such as welfare?
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No. The poor are tax payers too.  As a matter of fact, since they save less than others almost 100% of their money is taxed.\n\nAs a tax payer if they need that money to help feed their children and get proper medical care, I don't have a problem at all.\n\nI see lazy people get money from the government all the time.  One person can get a goverment grant for $20,000 to go to college.  They drop out and don't get a degree, but you don't see people lining up saying how college students are abusing our tax money to go to school. \n\nBusinesses get government grants to use for their own personal use. Some of the studies that are supported by the government are an obviious waste of money and will not benefit anyone except the people whose received the grant.  \n\nWhy are we so comfortable with our money freely given to the rich, but prejudice against the poor?\n\nWhat makes this country great is how we treat our empoverished, disabled, elderly, and incarcerated.  \n\nAnd we have lots of room for improvement across the board.
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Er, what exactly do you mean "won't help the people that are trying to make a living for themselves?"  Where I come from there's tax breaks given for investing, programs to help you get out of debt, programs that allow remote communities access to things like the internet and phone service.  \n\nNow, yeah, there are people who find ways to exploit the system.  I have no problem if we find 'em out and kick 'em off the system.  But there are people who do go on welfare because their husband left them and they have a newborn baby and can't work because they have no one to take care of it.  \n\nI'm not saying the system is perfect, or that there aren't people who get away with cheating the system.  Far from it.  Doesn't matter if you had all the manpower in the world, you couldn't prevent some level of corruption.  But should a child starve because his mother is a thief?  There ain't no easy answers to these sorts of questions, no matter how much we wish there were.
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Most rich countries DO help poor countries. One major problem are the goverments of the poor countries are so corrupt that the food and medicine we send end up being SOLD instead of given as it's supposed to be. Often it is sold on the Black Market with full knowledge or cooperation from corrupt government officials.\n\nDo we stop trying under those conditions or do we keep doing what we can to help? It's not an easy answer. If the US and other rich countries stopped giving, many small countries would colapse into anarchy.
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yes but so do minorities, women, college students, low income and senior citizens. what usually don't get help from the government is a white male between 20- 50 who has a job. however even they can get help if they wish to go to school and to get a new type of job. even under aged can get help. Matthew lesscoe ( sp) the dude with the ? all of over his suit has a really good book on it. tell s you what you can get and who to contact but is not very user friendly and is sometimes dated info.
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if by caring you mean, keep the politicians rich, and everyone else poor, then yes.\n\nCommunism has been proven not to work several times.  Free market is what works.  If you work hard, you are rewarded.  If you do not work, then you are not rewarded, unless some liberals get some things their way.\n\nedit*  the question asked about who cares about WORKING people.  Capitalism takes care of people who WORK.  If you are looking for a handout, or looking to have the government take things you worked hard for, and distribute them to the non workers, then socialism is for you.\n\nSocialism:  Study hard, work hard, become a doctor or start a business, and have everything you worked for given away to the people who chose not to study or work.
1096448
Government pays for their rent. It's like welfare for houses.
440594
no it would not.\n\n\nthe government could put some of the welfare members to work.
1019495
Welfare is a system that helps the "needy" with food, clothes, housing, and taxes.
880918
No, they believe it gets them votes. \n\nDemocrats have ruled over poor people over the last 40 years since they consolidated votes of poor people and they have done nothing for the poor. \n\nIn fact, the housing projects and welfare programs have made things worse. \n\nThe public schools are run for the benefit of teacher unions (who give millions of dollars to Democratic politicians) while poor and minority students languish.
688448
No. They are the working poor which covers a lot of things.
322594
Yes, the "Great Society" where income is redistributed to "help" people by making them dependent on the government, and in turn, dependent on Democrats who continue to raise taxes, create new taxes and give it out to others, creating more dependent people insuring that more Democrats will get elected. That's how they held power in the House of Representatives for more than 40 years.
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You have to remember that government programs to help the poor are really just applying a financial band-aid to the problem.  It keeps them alive, so that they can climb their way back into a better life.\nThe key is that the person must desire to change.  This is true for any disadvantaged person: poor, alcohol or drug dependent, overweight, etc.  They must desire change, or no amount of help will do anything over the long term.\n\nThe government programs are their to sustain these people until they are ready to help themselves...and then there are government programs to help them do that, too.
998652
What do you need help with?  The government helps with food stamps, medical,  and housing if your income qualifies.  Go to Social Services in your area and see if you qualify.
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People on aid can get cash, food stamps, medical, and housing help. The amount of cash and food stamps all depends on thwe amount of dependents they have.\nIt should be monitored how long they stay on aid. It should be just until they get on thier feet and not be years.
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Nope (I have never been on welfare or on any charity program).\n\nHowever my taxes are used to pay for welfare and charity programs, and I have volunteered (through church) to help the poor, feed the hungry, visit the sick etc.\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org\n[God and Science]
439143
If we "shut down welfare" then we should demand that politicians lower our taxes by a like amount. Then, you would have no reason for not giving to churches, and the churches relying on volunteer help will do a better job of helping the truly needy then the governmental bureaucracy ever could.\n\nHowever, I see both the working poor and the non-working poor in WalMart all the time. I'd say both groups could do with a little less feeding as they are really a bunch of wide-loads.
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We only need the government to help keep us poor