Do you agree with this ?

Question

all forms of welfare must be abolished, individual, corporate and foreign aid.?

Answer 1

No. My parents collected food stamps for 2 years while they worked and went to school. They are both very successful. My brother is a quadriplegic living in section 8 housing, going to school trying to gain a better standard of living. He will enter the workforce after school, also as a productive member of society. Both me and my sister are colleg educated, with great careers. We also benefitted (when we were children) from the welfare programs. All of us have MORE than paid back what my parents collected for those two years.

Answer 2

No, but they should be controled more to stop all the waste! From the history of welfare you can see they need a outside agency to over see the spending. These programs waste more tax payer dollars and they need to be watched!We have learned a lot from our mistakes of the 1960s and 1970s, after we lost the war on poverty. We have learned that short term intervention programs do not work. We have learned that treating the poor as dependent victims does not work. We have learned incentives and behavior changes DO work. The bottom line is welfare reform works.Instead of "reforming" failed programs, we should eliminate the entire social welfare system for individuals able to work. That means eliminating not just AFDC but also food stamps, subsidized housing, and all the rest. Individuals unwilling to support themselves through the job market should have to fall back on the resources of family, church, community, or private charity. Almost every city or state has to deal with it: a company comes with its hand held out, saying it will only move in or stick around if it gets tax breaks, subsidies or other special deals. Some people call this "economic development." Mostly, though, it's highway robbery and we, the taxpayers, end up paying the cost. The problem is kind of like an economic game of "chicken": no city or community will pull out of the corporate blackmail cycyle for fear that elected politicians will be blamed for "losing" jobs. Instead, each of us ends up paying the freight for these deals. Think of it this way: this is one way your tax dollars are subsidizing the tens of millions of dollars that CEOs are pocketing in pay and benefits.

Answer 3

Not completely. I think they should be reviewed and re-evaluated. I'm sure there's a lot of waste involved and some questionable judgements being made in each area. During the 1990's, the GOP Congress and the Clinton Administration made some changes in the individual welfare system. I don't think there's a politician alive that will touch the corporate welfare issue.

Answer 4

The systems of welfare need to be reformed. There is too much exposure for fraud. I don't have a problem assisting those in need, for a realistic time period. But paying farmers not to grow crops or any other form of corporate welfare is ridiculous.

Foreign aid must be limited to where the US get something in return, such as increased trade. We cannot continue to support countries who use that money to offset trade deficits with other countries. Assisting other countries in their development has always paid off for the US but if the country is ideologically opposed to doing busines with us the idea of aid should be looked into.

Answer 5

No. Everyone's against welfare until they need it. Then they realize how vital it is to have a safety net.

Individual welfare is needed
Corporate welfare in the form of excessive tax breaks is unnecessary
Foreign aid is needed.

Answer 6

Most conservatives and Republicans disagree.
only a few warmonger who no longer have all their marbles agree to that.

Hey,look at what I'm talking to!




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Answer 7

Ok now your'e back on track dude!

And I wholeheartedly agree, My family came from the cotton fields of South Carolina, I am now retired at 47 and not one day did my mother ever get welfare so it can be done.

How about a flat tax for everyone?

Answer 8

No, there are people who need help getting on their feet. But I do think foreign aid to militant terrorist countries like Israel so that they can kill more children needs to stop. We could use that money here, just look at our education system. It's really embarrassing.

Answer 9

The independent nature of the individual, while cultivating humility, is the most desireable state any one can aspire to. Too, the fools' eyes are in the ends of the earth.

Answer 10

Yep. I am tired of paying for some 20 year olds 5 kids.