Do you know any one on wellfare who lives better than someone with a job?

Question

I am seeing this happen more and more. People living off government tax dollars, who live more comfortably than those people paying tax dollars. How does this make you feel?

The point is, if someone makes $7.00/hr barely making ends meat, and their neighbor gets the same amount each month in the mail from the government while they stay at home, what is the motivation for the worker to keep working?

It is his taxes that pay the others' wellfare. But if he takes the lazy low road and says "I'll just stay home too", the system is working in a negative direction and could some day turn into a nation where there are more people asking for money than there are paying money in.....and then what?

Answer 1

No, I don't know aniy. A lot of people were kicked off welfare a few years ago. Are they getting back on?

Answer 2

This is how I've seen it work. The baby gets old enough to start school, and mom gets a job and gets off welfare. Now she has bills connected to the car and clothes she needs for the job, higher grocery bills because she has less time and needs to use more convenience foods, bills for after school care, and payroll deductions for health insurance (plus co-pays and deductibles).

Then the child gets sick, and she loses the job, but doesn't immediately qualify for welfare, so she has to use her new credit card to get by until she gets a new job, but now she has credit card bills on top of those other expenses.

Then after a year or two she sits down and does some math and realizes she isn't any better off than she was on welfare. In fact, she's worse off. She exhausted and cranky all the time and barely sees her kid because she's at work so much.

So yeah, it's a shame that people who want to work and do the right thing are so poorly rewarded that their lives become worse instead of better. If we want this lady to stay in the work force, she needs affordable after school care for her child, mass transit so good she can live and work without having to keep a car, some sort of job security and financial assistance when her child is sick, and affordable health care.

Most importantly, we need jobs that can support the average single mother and her small children with a 40 hour week, so that we have strong families instead of latchkey kids. If we can't provide these supports, we will continue to see people choose welfare over work -- it's simply a better deal.

Answer 3

i can see it happening because of the system. In California in 1997, I needed help with daycare since I had divorced my husband and he was not paying child support, all I wanted was help with daycare, but they said that in order to do that, I had to be on welfare first. So... I tried for a couple more months to save my job, but couldn't, I kept getting farther and farther in debt until I was forced to go on welfare, I was actually making less money working because i had to pay 500 a month in order to go to work and only made 5.50 an hour, it sucked. But....I went on welfare, and since I was not the type to sit around, got a different job (because I had to quit the one i worked at in order to qualify for welfare even though I couldn't make it) and got money for daycare. The money started rolling in, since I could keep a certain amount of the money I made and they were collecting child support form my sons Dad, and I got 50 of that. I was doing pretty well then, and didn't take advantage of the situation, I realized that I would be on welfare the rest of my life unless I did something about it, so I moved to Tn, went in the Army reserves, went to college on them, and now own a home and live good, without ANY assistance, but I am thankful for it. This is why there are people on welfare that live more comfortably, the system is wrong. They should have helped me with daycare to begin with and would have given me less money in the long run, but....if they would have done that, I would still be working at Walmart or something.

Answer 4

No, I don't. Never have. We hear about it. There have been a few cases of it, but not in the substantial numbers to cause the outcry that has been made over it. Beyond that, such aid is only good for 5 years now. So why worry about it? And it was the "Liberal" Bill Clinton who put an end to the cradle to grave welfare promise, and the "Conservative" George Bush who crashed the economy so there are no longer viable jobs. Funny how that worked, isn't it?

Answer 5

I know of several people who actually live on government assistance. It really doesn't bother me too much, if they take advantage of the services that are provided to help them make the transition, from welfare to productive citizen. Educational programs are a must and etc. When I worked for a Job Training/Workforce Development Program, I witnessed the positive aspects of what could happen for them.

Answer 6

I think its bull crap! I am so sick and tired of watching my husband working his *** off. He works 12 hour days 7 days a week oh and on top of that he works the grave yard shift. We have a daughter and another one on the way and we can barely afford what we have. I am so tired of watching all of these white trash low lives taking advantage of the government system. Then you got half of them that use that money on drugs on alcohol because they are addicts.
Then you have the girls who have 50 different kids and another one on the way and don't have a clue who any of their fathers are!
Then you have the just plain lazy asses who are just to damn lazy to go out and get a job!!
I hope I didn't offend anyone but damn I can understand if a working family needs assistant but not the rest of the lazy asses out there. If you are one of these people in any of the above statements the best advise that I can give to you is GET OFF YOUR LAZY *** AND GET A DAMN JOB!!!!

Answer 7

I don't know about living better, I guess that depends on what is important to you. But I can say that I am tired of the entitlement mind set of this country. The federal govern was never designed to give money to people who won't work. I don't have much but I have earned what I do have.

Answer 8

If you are paying taxes you must be clearing $30,000 or above a year and be single other wise you get what you pay in back in refund.If you can't do better than some one on welfare which maxes at 5 years for your entire life,then you maybe you should apply.

Answer 9

The only one that I'm really aware of is Warren Jeffs.
The polygamist with about 20 wives & 100 children. Only one
wife can be legal, so the others collect.
I do believe the law is looking for him.

Answer 10

My ex-husband. I had to pay him money because I worked with my daughter while he buggered about on the social.

It makes me feel pissed off, but also strangely justified. I'm a good mum, and he'll NEVER have the same relationship with her, because he's a selfish moron!

Karma always sees you right in the end.

Answer 11

I know lots of people on welfare and lots of people who have jobs. And walking into their depressing dumps (if they have housing at all) it is 100% clear to anyone with a brain that the people on welfare live MUCH MUCH MUCH worse.

There are lots of idiots who claim to know welfare recipients who live great lives. You're all a bunch of liars. You don't know these people, you wouldn't have the guts or the stomach to spend one minute in their run-down rat roach and crime infested apartments.

I know it's funny to pretend that welfare reciepints have a great standard of living but get up from your computer and see for yourself.