Anyone else think people are abusing welfare/gov't assistance?
354778
I hear ya. I see people who are on disability, with not a thing wrong with them! I was at dfacs one day (I don't receive help, don't remember why I was there tho!) And this woman was so mad that they told her that she had to get a job! People are just lazy!
1052290
That is not right. Most of the time people that receive grants or other form of assistances happen to be people who are just like you, but the problem is that the providers fear to be accused of racism since the people they provide are always the unfortunate and poor. That is just my idea... But FIGHT for your rights, no matter if you are white, green, yellow or black.
789594
Hit it right on the head. I was in England a while back and there was an issue where people were pissed because a stripper had her breast enlargement paid for via the health care system. Her claim was that it helped her earn more money. People here (in the US) need to stop trying to get the government to pay for everything. If a person will just get a job they can take care of their needs. People who can not work for legit reasons I have no problem with helping but the idea that everything should be taken care of by the gov is a socialist view. I do not want to live in that type of world. Survival of the fittest or at lest the hardest working works for me.
333728
I believe in it to TEMPORARY help families but I'm tired of seeing people abuse it.\nLike the people that get it and never work and they keep having babies with different guys etc.\ni see people on welfare that have better shoes and clothes and jewelery then I have. That makes me mad.
506602
they are aquatters, law breakers, and invaders !!!!!!!!!and we have them here because of low wages that are paid to americans thatdeserve better.. yes we are a greedy country, and yes people on welfare should have to do some kind of community service to get welfare, and yes the government of mexico is as crooked as  forked tree !!!
957484
What exactly are you converting from, again?  \n\nI'm afraid that welfare is only for people who won't work, not people who have.\n\nEDIT:  LOL!!  Split ends = racist!  Weird.
916510
I work in welfare. 1/4 of the people honestly are in need, maybe they lost their job or they are a housewife whose husband left them with 4 kids and no job skills- they just need temporary help to get back on their feet. OR maybe they are working a minimum wage job and just cannot make ends meet- but those are few and far between<-- please believe. Another 2/4 are either elderly or disabled and cannot work. The last 1/4 ARE lazy bums that strive to have 10 kids just to increase their food stamp amount. (The lucky ones end up with over $2,000/month in child support so they don't have to work- chose your "lays" wisely, ladies). Then there are the single men who have 4 kids and won't work cause they don't want to pay child support (but who can blame them when child support takes more than half their checks when they do work). There are all kinds- not all fit neatly into a stereotype.
539074
Yes, they should either be attending college or a trade school, or showing up at some type of job to be able to collect their welfare. It would eliminate welfare fraud, because one person couldn't show up at 2 or more jobs at the same time. Right now there are so many of them collecting 2 or more welfare checks, because there is no good way to control the problem. Having to show up for a class or a job would put an end to this type of fraud. It would also discourage them from remaining on welfare for very long. Right now we make it so easy for them to sit on their butts all day and collect money for doing nothing but being a drain on this country and all of the taxpayers. If they had to actually work for the small amount they receive in welfare, they would quickly decide to try and get a better paying job. I think there should be a stricter time limit for welfare recipients and also stricter rules regarding how many children they can collect for on welfare. I also think that the amount of money they receive should be reduced if there is a male living in the household. My husband delivers mail (he is 53 years old and has worked as a mail carrier for over 35 years) and he sees young, healthy males sitting on their lazy butts, giving him a hard time because they wanted the welfare check delivered earlier that their girlfriend receives. We are helping to support these lazy jerks and I think we need to put a stop to it right away. If the female that is receiving welfare wants a male to live with her, than he needs to have a job and help support her and her children. \n\nS.S.
707712
Just when you think you've heard the daftest thing of all, up pop our Government and delivers this!. Why the hell is taxpayers money being used to compensate a bunch of morons who, in reality, ought to go down on bended knee and thank society for ridding them of their UNLAWFUL habit.  They are scum, and, if there is any compensation to be paid, isn't it they who should be compensating their victims?. How can they say their human rights were violated?... you have to be human for the act to come into effect.. and they're anything but that.  For God's sake... POLITICIANS.....  LISTEN.  We are crying out for a party that will GOVERN fairly, squarely and sensibly - according to the will of the people. Be WARNED, we - the people -  are sick and tired of Europe, sick and tired of helping the lawbreakers - whilst neglecting the victims - and absolutely pissed off with your namby pamby Political correctness. What about Society correctness?. Get your bloody act together.
1079829
agree with you. It's something I think about quite a lot. Where I come from to work is kind of a privledge and a pain in the ass at the same time, but taxes do take a sizeable chunk out of anyone's income. People on a benefit admittedly do not receive a large income, but it's a pain in the ass when they say that they should be on one because "boo hoo" they are a single parent or whatever. And when the people who are working and basically, apart from all the rest of it, paying for them through their taxes, quite possibly have things which they could choose to say "boo hoo" about also. Anyway - that is just regarding your basic everyday run of the mill single parent family, which honestly probably does need quite a lot of help. If someone is together with someone else and passing themselves off as single so they can claim more benefits, then that is shitty yes. If they have plenty of money coming from someone else I don't think they should be chasing welfare stamps as a lifestyle option.
416759
It becomes an issue of public priority. There is an underlying American opinion that your supposed to be able to make it on your own if you work hard enough (even though this is some times a very silly theory in praxis). So theres a general discontent for things which some people see as freerider type things. You could argue there is probably a lack of empathy as many people favor as little government as possible by cutting social safety net programs for the poor. When people keep blaming the victim, these type of injustices occur. Not to mention there are quite a few government expenses that are on the board right now, so people who see us in a defecit think, well now certainly isnt the time to help these people out. It is certainly frusterating and sad but its a part of the american psyche and probably wont change any time soon.
1019282
it seems like the people with little get more than the people Trying to get something. i know....some of it makes no sense but that's govt.
1139779
It doesn't help people to get off welfare!
341499
Yes\n\n(Guys below: or the illegals are getting nowadays more than what they give or not. If they are getting less, then stop complaining on how they are abusing the system. If they get more, then admit that by making them legal, though you may not like the idea, they will be paying taxes to give back what they get from welfare.)
607662
There are so many people who should receive money (or help) \nand don't: people in charge of sick family members or spouses, people in charge of children with special needs or disabilities, people in charge of their elder, even mother with young children. I agree with you that families who have to take care of ill children should receive help or money, and maybe be put ahead of those with kids who have learning disabilities (as illness requires more extensive and expensive care), but I wouldn't take any helps already received away... It seems so hard to get any!
1149775
because they need to make up for the lazy azzes that are on welfare here that dont wanna work!!
997323
This is par for the course. The government is made up of human beings (therefore flawed) who are in it for themselves and I don't think many of them do their jobs. I do find it difficult to believe that any fraud, especially at this level, can be perpetrated without inside help.  I know I'm not counted in the unemployment figures. I think most figures relating to disadvantaged Americans are greatly underestimated.  You could probably triple most numbers in that regard.