how would the economy be affected if there was no welfare?
928482
Welfare is meant to help people that are on hard times. I believe in a compassionate state where no one should be hungry, be without shelter, security, education. I do not believe in handouts to the lazy as it is a tremendous drag on society and is a major reason for high taxes. \n\nI therefore advocate a system where people that are unable to support themselves receive welfare in a different format.\n1-safe and secure housing (very basic)\n2-food vouchers (healthy food only)\n3-free access to education and job training that is of a very high caliber\n4-vouchers for consumer goods at thrift stores like goodwill and value village\n5-health care\n6-mass transportation\n\nThis spartan existence should not be preferable for people to live off so there is an incentive to get to work and improve their lives.\n\nNo one should get cheques to squander on cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, junk food and other wasteful things. Not everyone is able to care properly for their children so welfare should not be a pay raise for people. On this note, there should be excellent boarding houses (akin to those used by the wealthy) where children can be brought up in safe and healthy environments and afforded the best education. Transforming future lost generations into productive members of society.
938543
If welfare was to end tomorrow ..... \n\n-- There Will Be A Short Term Recession (2-3 Years)\nDuring Which Time\n\n-- All ILLEGAL ALIENS (The Majority, Anyway)\n(And SOME Hispanic American Citizens (Immigrants))\nWould Abandon The USA For Their Homelands\n\n-- There Would Be A Slow ( At First ) Economic Stimulation\nAs The Domino Effect Started To Take Place\n\nie :\n \n -- -- Some 40 Billion Dollars Would Remain In The Economy\nDue To The ILLEGAL ALIENS Leaving The Nation\n(No Remittances)\n\n -- -- The Cost Of FUEL Will Drop\nDue To A Decrease In Demand (20 - 30 Million Less Consumers)\n\n -- -- The Union Movement Will Grow\n(See Below - Desperate EMPLOYERS Needing Workers)\n\n -- --Wages Would RISE, \nDue To Desperate EMPLOYERS Needing Workers\nHIGHER Wages Will Be Offered, \nAs Well As INCREASED Benefits, \nand Improved Working Conditions, \nso as to recruit and retain people \nfrom the remaining pool of American workers.\n\n -- -- Unemployed / Under Employed Americans \nWould Return To The Workforce - \nEspecially Housewives And HS Students -\nReducing The Need For Public Assistance \n(Which Ended, According To Your Question)\n\n -- -- the same employers would look for ways \nto eliminate some of the jobs they now are having trouble filling. \nLoosely Translated :\nThere Will Be An Increase \nIn Agricultural And Other Industrial Technologies\n( ie : Robo Pickers, Assemblers, Etc.) \n\n\n\nI Could Continue, But I Won't\n\n\n\nHard To Believe That A Simple Thing \nLike Cutting Off Public Assistance (Welfare)\nCould Have Such A Myriad Of Effects, Isn't It ??\n\n  \n\n\n\nShort Answer :\nAfter The Initial Kick In The Balls\nThe Pain Will Go Away \nAnd The Long Term Effect \nWill Be A Stronger American Economy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat Said\nKeep In Mind That There Are LEGITIMATE Cases\nWhere People Actually NEED And DESERVE \nPublic Assistance(Welfare)\nie :\nDisabled American Veterans\nElderly Americans\nHandicappers\nEtc.
612
Lots of work, but don't count on lot's of clients, as you know, jobs are going over seas, leaving only retail and service workers in the state, who have no insurance, therefore, cannot afford your services. isnt trickle down economics great!!!!!!!!!!
449287
Yes it would cause world wide economic problems.  First it won't happen the impact of having the petroleum industry collapse would create total disaster for governments.  Look at the U.S.A. Exon made record profits and a number of other companies in the states.  These companies are not going to give up the golden goose without a fight.  The auto industry would need to be completely revamped.  Thousands of U.S. jobs would be loss.  Bankruptcies of major corporations.  Total chaos as wall street investors loose their investments.  Do you truly think any government would allow this to happen.  The only time you will see this take place is when it becomes impossible to continue the petroleum industry as profitable.
771153
Yes, I would support it,\n\nUnless the money was used for welfare....\n\nThen i wouldn't
216003
The impact would be huge and spread far beyond 100s of thousands of people just being sick and/or dying.\nIn attempts to stop the spread of the flu, schools and businesses would close as people began to stay home in attempts to isolate themselves and not get sick. That means no production, no shopping and no spending and the economy takes a big hit.\nAnd with many people staying in and businesses closed, you can count on a certain part of the population trying to take advantage and risking illness to loot, leading to massive insurance claims by businesses and shortages of key items as people begin to emerge from their exiles (be they self-imposed or government imposed).\nAll-in-all, it will be one big mess.
579264
No, an income tax would reduce take-home pay, so the supply of labor would go down.  The supply function is in terms of how much the workers are actually making.\n\nWith a restaurant tax, the restaurant would probably lower wages or do something to compensate, so wages would go down and lower supply.
312743
Yes....it needs to settle the economy.\n\nIt won't affect me that much.
1069487
before there was money, people would barter or trade things. So if you didn't have any money, you would just be able to trade just about anything to get food. so if there were no money, people would just find things to make or trade labor for food.
363885
Only if doing so didn't burden the average taxpayer.
189454
Yep, but it will never happen until people stop getting a check because of their own poor life choices. Unfortunately all of societies parasites can vote, and since they don't have jobs, they have all the time they need  to make it to the voting booths. So, until society starts making welfare recipients feel like the failures they are again, expect higher taxes.
682706
Probably the single most item causing the downfall of our society.  We have, through our liberal lawmakers such as Hiliary Clinton, Ted Kennedy and others, created conditions where people find it not only easier to not work but also find it is finicially advantageous to stay unemployed.  In many cases the compensation from low skill jobs is less than the welfare benefits. Another aspect is that we encourage the birth of iligimate children as a way to increase ones welfare benefits. Free medical care, at the cost of those who work and pay into social security, for illegals and welfare recepients is bankrupting our social security system. The original conception of welfare/unemployment and other social programs for those unfortunates in need was good.  However, our liberal lawmakers have ammended and expanded these programs to the point that we now have 2nd and even 3rd generations on welfare and actually believe that they have the right to live the "Amerian" dream while never contributing anything except more illigimate children, drugs, crime and general choas.  How do we correct this situation?  Simple we must adopt the Singapore system of, "If you don"t work, you don't eat."  Having said that, I too realize that we do have some people who, through no fault of their own, fall on hard times and need help.  Being a compasionate society we must help those whom actually need "temporary" relief.  However, we should have time constraints and require every single able bodied person to perform public service in proportion to the amount of welfare they recieve.  Cleaning public buildings, streets, roadways parks and etc. are good examples of types of public services they could perform.  Why not let them work for the employers that claim they can not get American workers and got to the illegals.  After all many business, which I will not mention by name here because of the possibility of law suits, activitally recruit illegals under the guise that they can not find American workers who are willing to work for low wages.  These business include farmers, construction companies, restaurants, home care agencies, and yes some very large retailers. #1 we should not allow several different versions of the minimum wge. As an example: people in the food and beverage sectors have a minimum wage which is roughly three times below that required to be paid in the construction industry.  Why not institute a system where people on welfare can work for these industries and we could supplement their wages and bring them up to the level of what they are receiving on unemployment.  I do not like subsidizing these business which practice this type of horrendous treatment of human beings but maybe it would give some of the welfare recipients and incitative to find higher paying ligimate jobs.  I am sure that it would be less costly to the working american and will start them on the way to contributing instead of just taking.  Yes! I am also talking about "some" but I am afraid that "some" are the majority of welfare reciepients.
519392
All welfare is a communist scam.  We could immediately and dramatically improve the quality of life in the US by ending almost all welfare (keep welfare for "helpless" people....seniors, the handicapped etc.).  No welfare for unwed mothers (have to add this last because some jackass always includes them in with the helpless).\n\nWe could also vastly improve world events, albeit it would take more than a generation, by ending most foriegn aid (including foriegn aid disguised as free trade).  Specifically, aid should only flow to enlightened countries that are democracies with the rule of law.  They should mirror our system and our values if they want aid.  For example, Israel should get lots of aid and other help from us.  The nazis in palestine should get none and be allowed to starve to death, fixing the problem in the middle east.\n\nOne insidious form of foriegn aid that is threatening the world with a nuclear holocaust is our dependence on foriegn oil.  Few people know this, but the US has, by far, the largest amount of oil of any country, within our borders.  Shale oil alone, could supply 100% of our needs for at least 500 years.  The reason we BUY oil from other countries is as a means of supplementing them with our business.  Many of these people are evil and need to suck and die.  Which they would rapidly do without the american petro-dollar.
82785
The main drawback is that it may create or promote a culture of dependency for the recipient. As a temporary measure to address a need, it may work. But it has to be temporary. A few years ago, Government toughened unemployement benefits by limiting them to a few weeks. That is the ideal use of Welfare because many people who receive it come to depend upon it rather then fend for themselves
1065875
you ask a very interesting question I have wondered about too.  It could go 1 of 2 ways I think.\n\nThe first way could be that people knew they only had to depend on themselves and become much better at conservation, saving money for rainy days, and teaching the value of the dollar to their kids.\n\nThe other way would be the very poor who lost everything would be very jealous and angry at the rich, it could start wars, much more crime and things could get ugly.\n\nWhat I think would happen is both ways.  I think the conservative, value conscious people would save and work hard and hope for the best in a disaster, and some would steal and hurt others in order to steal what they needed.
569413
You are going to have to define your terms 'target population' versus overall society. I think if passed it would harden class lines, reduce services (including education) thereby reducing upward mobility, create a larger impoverished class, and would increase social tensions and resentments immeasurably.\n\nI am not sure if that addresses your question.
130138
I'd say trade barriers like quotas, tarriffs and subsidies. Those things hurt the economy and hurt people in foreign countries. If the US and other industrialized nations all cut such programs the world would be a more well fed, productive and peaceful place.