Are people really so uncaring?

Question

I just got five thumbs down and no thumbs up for outrageously suggesting that every human being is entitled to the basic means of survival and, should they not be able to provide it for themselves, the government should help them.

I just checked, now it's six thumbs down.

I should clarify a bit. I am not talking about an infinite time-frame and I am not talking about a very generous amount of benefits. I am saying that, in your time of need, there should be some safety net so that you could at least have a meal and a roof over your head. Able people should provide for themselves, but sometimes there are factors beyond our control that makes that difficult. Also, should the fact that some people will take advantage mean that we should ignore people who are genuinely in need?

Answer 1

I care....

Answer 2

some are so uncaring - on the other hand

The government is OF THE PEOPLE who is the TAXPAYER who pays for the basic means of survival for all those who don't have or earn it.

entitlement? hmmmm

and yes - people should help each other - i'm not at all sure what the government does. Is anyone entitled to government assistance?

Just suppose for a minute...

Where would 'government' get the 'ability' to provide for all the people in the world let alone just the good old U.S.A. who didn't have a basic means of survival -

if the all the people who currently go to work, earn taxable income and pay taxes suddenly couldn't or didn't?

the 'government' is after all is of the people and by the people

what if everyone who had a means of survival "went fishing" (stayed home) for a very long time and stayed there?

what if the only human beings who maintained a loophole-sheltered taxable earned or unearned income were suddenly ONLY the politicians we all depend on to govern?

In days gone by - people helped each other - the church shouldered a great deal of the burden too - and that's as it should be - not minimum survival according to the government's standards based on taxing the people in the first place - then spread out to so-called government programs headed up by more politicians who first stuff their own pockets and put the rest into minimum survival "gimme boxes" of food for the poor. shame on it all

Answer 3

Here's a true story, last year when we opened our detail shop we had this young girl come in looking for work, but stressed the fact that she needed to work off the books because she was getting help from the state and she didn't want them to cut her benefits. At the time we weren't hiring so I told her to check back from time to time. Now I don't know this person from a hole in the wall, a few months passes and she comes back and I over heard her talking on the phone laughing about how she is getting almost $800.00 a month in food stamps for people that she is claiming that lives with her and they are not even in the same state as her. So she tells the person on the other end of the phone "you just have to know how to work the system". The real kick in the @ss was that she is also in the Army.
So I can see where this can leave a bad taste in peoples mouths!

Answer 4

Oh dear. I wonder whether the people who gave the idea the thumbs down were objecting to the basic concept - that we should feed our starving brethren because there but for the grace of God go I - or whether they were objecting to having the government do it. 'Cos the problem (a perpetual problem in public policy) is that this will only be done with any hope of impartiality if it's centrally organised - if it's left to volunteer groups they often find ways of excluding people who don't fit their faith, for example - *but* it also seems to be the case that most governments aren't very good at organising this sort of thing in a complex economy. So you don't really know which of two potential thumbs you may have trodden on. Pity.

Answer 5

I understand the don't want to support the lazy!!
But there are some that are not lazy and just need a little help, we can all fall on hard times for any reason at any time.

I rather have our government help someone with our money then to have them pay$1500,00 for a toilet seat that our @ss will never see.
I guess them that gave you the thumbs down like them $1500.00 toilet seats,me my @ss will do just fine with a $7.99 toilet seat .

theirs a lot of selfish people out there .
and when thy fall on hard times half will have pride and not say anything and the other half will knock the poor out of the way to get in line first.
sad ant it.

Answer 6

I get thumbs down and get best answer.....don't let it get to you! Some people enjoy doing these things to others and some of them even blame you for doing it to them! lol - yea, I'm the magical one who can give you more than one! Ignore it!! The person who asked the question will choose the answer they feel is best hopefully and not judge by thumbs! =)

Answer 7

I gave you a thumbs up. Some people have never been in a position to need help or have been taught to never ask for help. I agree with you and there are many others who do as well. Unfortunately, there are many people who take advantage of the "system" and they ruin for those who need temporary assistance.

Answer 8

It's your opinion and they disagree. That's how it works in here sometimes. If you don't think you can with stand the thumbs down rethink your answer. But I say speak your mine, every bodies entitled to their own views/opinions. Good Luck!!!

Answer 9

my guess would be because too many people CAN provide those things for themselves and DON'T because they feel entitled
I don't want to hear sheet about people being "disabled" and not being able to work, A lady I work with was born with a birth defect and has to get surgery every 2 years or so just to be able to walk, and she still shows up for work everyday...


taxpayers do get a little miffed about that, yeah

Answer 10

I don't think I'd thumbs you down. I think you are making a valid point. I think people are thinking about system abusers. Some people really DO need help, though!

Answer 11

Yeah. Well, I'm all for that. BUT, maybe we also need to get some of these people that aren't "able" to provide for themselves to sell their Lexus coupes and $300 cell phones.

If you have that stuff, then you DO NOT NEED food stamps and Medicaid.

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