In the USA how does welfare work? I'm just curious in canada they give you $ every month and everyone?
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I'm Canadian also,\n     I can tell u if u r poor in the states. u r 14x worse off then in Canada. I've read all the data. Not only are 14% better off in Canada u r not as demonized.  Which is the biggest scam the wealthy have ever played.  When u add up all welfare, retirement .workcomp, disabilaty. emploment insurance, etc. All government  tranfer payments  to the puplic, they add up to less then one half of one %.. Yet the way the states demonize welfare single moms, you would think they r shiftless and lazy, getting free ride off fed or state just having kids.  Nothing could b further from truth. Some states give as little as $165.00 a MONTH. Most people could not support themself and child on that a week! \n       What they r not telling is Corperations get the most in welfare, and it is from the poor and middle class sweat, taxes.\n      Lockheed Martin, Haliburtin, Kellog Brown & Root, Boeing, The list is very long in fact 498 out of The Furtne 500 named would sink without government payments. So much for freemarckets. Thats for suckers without government money to play with. Puplic takes 100% risk Company gets 100% profit. Thats privitation.\n      Owning the media, and middle class findong it harder and harder to cope. Ruling class blame lazy (usualy black) on welfare. Racism is encouraged so people can blame backs, spics, who ever, as long as they do not unite and demand more fair wealth distribution.
475559
No, you are not too sensitive about this. I believe that everyone needs help sometimes, whether they are fortunate enough to get it from their families, or from the state. The key is: being able to pull yourself out of a bad financial situation and give back what you have recieved ( maybe not in a literal sence, but, you know??) Maybe it would be a good idea to start denying these people help. I am sick of seeing and hearing about welfare parents, I could die. I mean, some of these people drive NICE vehicles, are draped in expensive jewelry, wear very nice clothes, and pay for thier food with an EBT card. Sickening. I would like to see them get off their lazy a*s, wake up at 5:00am, and go to fu**in work like the rest of us. I'm with ya on this one- totally.
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people like me can't get it. 3 kids and a husband that is disabled. i work my butt off for minimum wage. a job they say Americans wont do. but its all good. i survived this long. the govt don't seem to care about their own citizens in any country.
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Undocumented Immigrants do not qualify for welfare because of their status in this country.\nSome people may say that their children do qualify if born here in the US. Yes, they do, but don't forget they are US citizens. \nHere where I live, pregnant women that don't have proof of legal residency have to pay all doctor visits adding up to $3000.00 the least. SO WHERE IS THE FREE RIDE......\n\nI am not for the undocumented people who come here and harm others. But the ones who come here to look for a better life for their families, I support. \nDon't you think that if all they wanted to do is harm, they would cross the river through the night and rob the people near it?\nThese people risk themselves to bring food to their family's table. \nI'm disappointed at those people (US Citizens) who live off of welfare because they qualify for it depending on their income, not only the children of these people.\n\nPeople living on the streets are 90% US Citizens who are begging for money. So think.... Wouldn't you think they go and beg for a job at a landscape, restaurant or other low wage jobs. NOPE!!\nThey stand on the streets, begging for money. These people who all of you keep on humilating, go and ask for the job. \nNo, they don't get free education, not from where I am in Illinois. As I know, our property taxes pay for school, alot of these people own house and pay their taxes. We have fee to pay (EVERYONE PAYS) every year, lunch too. I know people who are paying for college out of their pockets "HIGH PRICES".. WHERE IS THE FREE RIDE AGAIN...\n\nWHERE IS THE FREE RIDE... COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO.... It charges, too. \n\nPeople think, we have a big problem, but not with them.. WE HAVE CRACK, METH and LSD that is killing our kids. Cancer is killing more and more people every year. \n\nEveryone is responding to send them back "to their country, NOT JUST MEXICO" Well did you think you will be seperating families, children that have rights as a citizen. Their parents were working for them to sustain them, but now you have IDIOTS who want to seperate them.. Well you will be causing a bigger problem POVERTY is going to rise....\n\nOH by the way, you are all scare that one day, our president will be hispanic  "Nope not just a MEXICAN but a LATINO"..\n\nNO MATTER WHAT ALL OF YOU THINK< THE ONLY PERSON THAT WILL DO GOOD FOR ALL IS GOD not you, me or the president.\n\nONE DAY GOD WILL CHANGE ALL THIS and make it a better place where there is NO RACISM. Sorry to say but... "AMERICA IS RACIST"\n\nAnd please understand that it is not onlye the HISPANICS who come here illegally. It is everybody around the world who has seen poverty to the lowest of its levels. One thing some people here in the US will never get to see.
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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.
1118708
Yep, welfare's the way to go.  Just make sure you don't live in my state.
561570
This is a horrible idea. First of all, the government doesn't "give" anything to anyone, taxpayers do. So, for each of you who think this is great, go tell your neighbor, parents, or friends that you'll be taking $100 away from them every month to give to some kid whose parents should be taking care of him anyway. \n\nIf this is some welfare experiment, it is sure to backfire and it will only help those who refuse to help themselves. If you can't afford to have kids, there is a very simple solution... DON'T.
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You know, the government doesn't owe everyone a standard of living or any sort of help.  I am sure that help is available if you apply for it, but your sense of entitlement is just sort of "out there", you know?  No one is going to know the situation, go through the proper channels.
1089609
Is funny you ask that Question.Asking myself the same think in Canada .\nEvent giving money to help in other country . When at home (USA and Canada) we have peoples living on the streets at night , peoples who are in need for living place.\nVery Good Question
813590
I know a couple of people who are on welfare or who have been on welfare and only 1 in 10 takes advantage. Why then punish the 9? Who are hard working single mothers? Mothers who need welfare to supplement their income. Mothers who work 10 + hours a day? I'm assuming that you've never had to ask for help because you wouldn't be on the sidelines tiffing about it. How cruel some people can be to another they don't even know. My granny depends on welfare to help her buy groceries. How dare you put your uppity nose down at people who aren't as privileged as you! Lastly welfare feeds children. So what if that one is lazy and doesn't want to work, should their children go hungry and homeless? What would you have the state do? Put those children in foster care? That system is already full and they can't keep enough homes available. I'm sickened by the lack of humanity that these answers have. THE NEED FOR WELFARE IS GOING UP BECAUSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IS GETTING BIGGER!
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it's true what you are saying about people taking advantage...but not everybody ...some people are really poor and need the help..laws just have to catch those that take advantage of welfare ..because not everybody should pay....the laws need to tighten up on those individuals...that are taking advantage...but give welfare to the poor especially with really sick parent that cannot work,and need food for their children.
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its a card that the state gives you. you can only use it on food and nothing else - and u get a certain amount every month. wal mart takes the food stamp card. and whatever u dont spend that month will roll over to the next month. it helps if u have kids. and the more kids you have then the more money the government puts on ur food stamp card - its basically for low income families only.
120754
There is welfare.  However, I am a working mom who doesn't feel I should have to support someone like you with my tax dollars.  Get a job!
1096448
Government pays for their rent. It's like welfare for houses.
1039171
Why in the world would we liberals want to be a part of a welfare system that perpetuates poverty and dependency?  We are saying help those who can't help themselves, with schooling and health care and a host of dozens of other programs to improve the quality of life for many AMERICANS, you dumb ass.  We want to give them a hand up, not a hand out but you bastards keep cutting the programs.  These programs also EMPLOY many Americans so when you cut them you cut jobs, you ignorant prick.
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I have help many in health benefits--they can't get the help -foreigners can (it had a purpose in the beginning), And now they get even less because of the strain on programs. \n As in Chicago when they chased the poor away from their  TV News cameras. No one wants to hear their problems-it wouldn't help their cause. We have too many here to take care of. And many of our disable Vets live there. Many of our returning solders will live there too-if they are disable and can not work.\nAnd too many people think their are programs for them-there isn't. Try living on SSD average $700. -rent, food, medicine,utilities,clothing-your rent would have to be $200. just to eat.\n Yes look in your own backyard-when they are taken care-give to others. Because by letting more in -your are hurting them more.
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Nice! \nDemocrats all the way baby!!!\n\nRe: Mei-Lin...You have no knowledge of assistance programs if you are going to make the claim that people that receive assistance simply are refusing to work. Taxes fund lots of programs such as social security and Medicare--do you want to take that assistance away from your grandparents? If not why then are so programs people deserving of and others they are not according to you? Are you aware that the large majority of people seeking welfare do not actually get it? In 1996 the nation had a major welfare reform. Welfare is no longer an entitlement program. If people seek welfare and they are able to work they typically receive no cash assistance. These programs are not easily accessable. So, that FAMILY may go without food or housing or heat until that parent can find a job. Is that ok with you? Do you want children going hungry? And, the majority of people receiving welfare are on it short-term, an average of 1-3 years. Also, people receiving welfare overwhelmingly have major life problems. A large percentage of recepients have a history of domestic violence, learning disabilities, mental illnesses...and the list goes on. Thus, these are not parents refusing to work these are parents with significant barriers to healthy life functioning, which includes maintaining employment. There will always be people that need help in any society and if those people do not recieve adequate help it will negatively effect the society. \nSecondly, in your republican mantra you stated that people should get their money back because they work hard. Question...city services among many other things need to be funded do you understand that that requires taxing people? It always seems that conservatives fail to see that taxing is necessary to provide citizens adequate services. You get something in return for the money you pay.