Do anybody out there think welfare reform is working?
959686
No, they are still not working!
321521
Absolutely...\n\npeople come here and just sponge of the welfare state and the NHS is in a bad enough state as it is....
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.
822371
Joke question right?\n\nA few studies examining wealth in our nation and all have concluded the blue (democratic) states contain over 70% of our country's wealth... with the majority of that wealth in the New England states.\n\nBtw, a similar study blows the Republican argument that the majority of welfare recipients are democrat. This has turned out to be absolutely false. \n\nWhile a lot of poor whites and blacks in the South are on welfare and about half are democrat, the MIDWESTERN states of this country has an enormous welfare recipient rate with 85% of those recipients being Republican and white.
559807
are you judging someone is my q? but to answer you , welfare is there for anyone whos entitled to it and not for us to decide who gets it and who doesnt , and homeschooling isnt that easy u know and i applaude anyone who does that verses sending them to public school which will corrupt thier minds
140643
I would have to say no. A lot of the things they do are there to help us, and a lot do. But then there are a lot of things that don't. We need a change in this country. A reform. Maybe a revolution. The corrupted needs to be cleaned up.
960735
Will and has worked.The trick is not to have loopholes in it so that it is abused especially by foreign workers who will try to take away middle income jobs.
1102117
I believe some are doing good,the Salvation \nArmy helps many people.There's always some fraud out there in a lot of things.
1108717
There are very few people on welfare who actually need it to survive. \n\nI was a police officer in Indiana for 15 years, and worked in a poor part of town. I've known several 2nd & 3rd generation welfare families. One scam that they do is a mother may have several children. She will let her mother (the grandmother) adopt some of the children. That way the birth mother, and now grandma, both get welfare. They all live together and it increases the amount of money they get.\n\nAnother local scam is a place called George Junior Republic. I'm not exactly sure what they do, but I do know this. It is funded by taxpayers, and they pay children to be good. We had a woman who had 6 kids; all of whom were on probation. The mother was paid to keep her kids in line by this organization. She was also on welfare. We sat once and estimated that she made betwen $3000-$4000 a month between welfare and the "keep your kids good" money. More than I made working 40+ hours a week as a cop...\n\nI couldn't begin to tell you how many people I had to fight who were on "disability" while making an arrest. Too "injured" to work, but they can sure run and fight...\n\nWelfare needs to be terminated. It breeds laziness, incompetence, and the inability to provide for yourself.\n\nLook at how New Orleans descended into chaos...what would people do if the national government collapsed? Would people who have depended on government assistance their entire life be able to survive? I doubt it...
240596
It wont really work, but at least they are "thinking about immigration" as an issue and not just as a racisit pun.  Immigration reform is needed however its obvious that to loose our foreign workers would be a great lose to this country, lets face it we Americans are alittle (some alot) spoiled and dont want to pick cotton all day for 18 cents a bushel.  Miggrant workers admittitdly make it easier on the rest of us, expecially considering more and more perffessionals enter the work force daily.  Education has called a higher demand on prominant workers, and easier assesability to education has allowed americans better jobs, plus there is the issue of alot of marriages and children through illegal immigrants...to remove a hunsband or and father from a home is over the top to me, and seem inhuman, but we need to step up and do something to get this ppl legalized (Face is no fence will keep em' out) The fees and fines of immigration is ridiculous they need to work on that too!  I am 26 and doubt immigration will drastically improve during my lifetime.
6246
A definate yes. It's hard to implement though, especially with the current state of the economy and government...
402702
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.
460970
I think it would definitely help if people repaid the welfare system once they could afford to(voluntarily), what people should remember is that they're not paying it back to help the government, they're paying it back to help those in need who are now in a situation that they were once in themselves. I think that it's appalling that only men have to pay back welfare, in Australia it's a little more even.
273955
In terms of monetary income loss to most americans I would be far more concerned with corporate malfeceanse than welfare.  Things like the bail out of TWA's Employee Benefit packages have a much larger effect on the economy.  Bush Jr. Is leaving us bankrupt and unable to afford social policies anyway.....so their simply won't be money left for many social programs regardless.  Some cynics might think this was intended.
791029
Unfortunately, one of the most corrupt government spending programs is entitlements/welfare.  I really dont know how to fix it now since it is far out of control.  It would be hard to reform the system and "fine-tune" it when it is so far out of control, but we should give it a go.  I say out of control because some people who as far as I can see receive these entitlements now are not worthy of such benefits.  I think people who are deserving of these benefits are only the eldely and handicapped (mentally or physically).  Any person who can physically work should be working, ceteris paribus!  I understand that is an issue for debate with some.\n\nFurthermore, I think taxes should be levied entirely on a user basis.  I am speaking not only of school taxes, but I am going to take it a bit further by saying there should be no income taxes, instead tax items for sale.  Basically, what you buy is taxed by the government in place of the income tax.  Why should people have to pay taxes on items they do not benefit from, ie. school taxes for single homes.  I understand there are some issues with this, but it is just a thought.
1102290
I do. I have worked hard all of my life on this Earth. I have never needed welfare or any assistance from the government to raise my child or my family for that matter. Isn't it amazing that people who don't work have refrigerators full of food that the government pays for ,i mean hundreds of dollars in food and I can only afford to fill it up not even close to full. They are lazy and I don't appreciate my precious money coming out of my check every time i get paid, taking care of these louses ,who use the money to get their hair and nails done. Lazy people absolutely disgust me and I pray that the welfare system will soon be gone and they make those people who can work, work. \n\nEven the bible says:\nII Thes 3:10:\nIf a man will not work, he shall not eat."
198918
It works.  As long as we, the voters, respond positively to all the trash, politicians will continue to use it.  \n\nThe Internet provides a means to examine some of the claims made, but so too do local and regional news sources. \n\nIf citizens start to responsibly inform themselves most of it can end. You know Abe Lincoln's line  "You may fool all of the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."  Do your homework - don't be the fooled.