Do Liberals really think that if we give to the poor it will equal out?

Question

Do they really believe that the poor will then get rich, or richer? Or will they be back in a year and want the same handout?

I was raised dirt poor, but through hard work I am no longer considered poor. Some think of me as rich, which I am not. I am middle class America.

Hard work and not overspending - Not wasting money on things that aren't necessary. No alcohol, not smoking and no drugs. Never afraid to work more than 40 hours a week.

Five kids, one parent. We were not on public assistance. We worked the fields and canned everything in site. Mom even pickled sugar beets and canned watermelon rinds.

After marriage, we saved as much as we could. No vacations, no dining out, no movies. Wore cheap clothing or made mine own. I sewed for all my kids and husband.

Never smoked, never drank, never did drugs.

Just paid cash for a 2007 automobile.

Answer 1

They do. Fantasyland theories deduced in the sandbox always work in their dementia.

The best thing we could do for the poor is to provide them with the framework from which to grow confidence to learn to support themselves. We do that now.

Way to go in reaching for the very achievable, very tangible American Dream. That is success.

Answer 2

Social policies that are regulated by our Government is what made our Nation great. Obviously, the giving away to the RICH policies that we have been witnessing over the past 26 years isn't working and has widened the gap between Rich and Poor. Do a little research into what is actually doled out to the poor and what is GIVEN AWAY TO THE CORPORATIONS and you'll realize that your commentary is nothing more than rhetoric and propaganda from the right that is serving it's purpose through your ignorance.

Did you know that we average a full month more of work per year than our Industrialized nation counterparts? How would you like a month's vacation?

We work a 1000 hours per year more than our Chinese counterparts surpassing them just recently.

If Production is up--profits are up--why don't wages have a corresponding hike?

I have yet to see a policy proposal put forth by the Bush Adminstration that actually has the goal of benefitting our most treasured constituency--the American Worker--Have you?

Answer 3

Listen, work-ethic and modest spending are not solutions to the problem of poverty. People are working hard, cutting their spending, and still living poor. The rich, on the other hand, can run their companies into the ground, leave hundreds if not thousands of people jobless, and yet they still get to live fabulous lifestyles.

This is an unfair system, and there is no reason why a working man or woman should just keep taking it on the chin like this. I don't care what you want to say about the sanctity of private property, as long as their are people going hungry, there shouldn't be people with more money than they know what to do with. I am all for the poor reclaiming the ill-gotten wealth of the filthy rich.

Answer 4

a couple of questions...

you say you were born poor... you probably knew other poor people...

did all of them make it out? did all those that didn't, have the problems you mention?

see, I grew up poor too, and I made it out... but I know many that didn't... and many of them have done and still do the things you mention? So, it's not always the "magical key"

I think we need to invest in our people...especially our poor....

you probably went to a school in a poor neighborhood too, as I did... were the schools great? they weren't where I went to school? I've been to public schools in wealthy neighborhoods that had so much more than my school did.

All I want is the SAME CHANCE, the same education, the same opportunities that those children had.... that's what I want to focus on...

do you think you were given that chance? because the kids that went to those schools are doing much better than middle class now?

so either you didn't have the same chance... or they have just worked harder than you have, since they have succeed more...

also, some people do get down on their luck... sickness, car accidents... these things could easily ruin the majority of Americans... and everyone doesn't have someone that can help them out...

and if someone has trouble finding actual poor people... I know where they are... and they don't have cell phones and all the modern trinkets either...

and YET AGAIN... .Republicans crowing about "teaching a man to fish"... yet I've never seen a Republican sponsored plan that addresses teaching anyone in need anything?

if you're going to hide behind an analogy, do more than talk about it...

Answer 5

As a liberal, I just want to make sure that nobody has to go without the basics for life...that doesn't mean handouts and FEMA debit cards though. I don't agree with welfare but I do agree with programs like Food Stamps, WIC, child health insurance, Head Start, etc. These are not wasteful programs, because they directly benefit the recipient, it can't be used to go out and buy 6 packs and TV's.

Answer 6

This may come as a shock to you, but not everyone grew up the way you did!

Some people have mental and physical handicaps for starters.

A large % of the homeless population suffers from mental illness. Look it up.

Some grew up in ghettos where public schools were horrendous. Some kids had to concentrate more on staying alive than how to prosper later in life.

And some people just may not be very smart, bright, or have much common sense.

Kudos to you for pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

Not everyone can do it. If we concentrated more on education, and changed social programs so it's not just a handout, we could wipe out a lot of our poverty and homeless problems.

Affordable housing for underpriveldged people too would go a long way.

Answer 7

Everyone in America has the same opportunity as you had.

Government should protect our freedoms, keep us safe (ie, police, fire, military, prisons/jails), and provide infrastructure (ie, roads, water) which allows us the opportunity to pursue whatever our ambitions & talents take us.

Government should not take from one person and give to another. Government should provide services that are applied to all citizens. The best method for providing government services would be to have all services fee based so the people that actually use the service pays for it.

Taxation is no longer about funding essential government processes. Taxation is now about redistributing wealth and having the government decide who is successful and punish them for it.

There is not this huge "poor" population in the United States that the politicians and media portray. Most so-called "poor" are people working 2nd & 3rd jobs for extra cash and "poor" statistics do not account for the primary income and young people trying to make some extra cash while in high school or college.

By most surveys the so-called "poor" in the U.S. have cell phones, multiple TV's, cable/satellite TV, multiple vehicles, and eat out multiple times a week. Does this sound poor to you?

I wonder why we don't hear about this in the local media.....

Answer 8

I can only speak for myself.

Things will NEVER be equal, we have to learn to deal with it, and yes that is a big problem with us liberals.

What I DO believe is more needs to be done to help the people that ARE or WANT TO work hard to get out of poverty and either don't have the opportunities or are being exploited.

Answer 9

there will always be poor people, it's the nature of capitalism, the money supply is not limitless, it's literally impossible for everyone to work hard and be moderately wealthy, if everyone tried to the wages would decrease, it's simple economics, you can not eliminate the poor just by telling everyone to save and work hard

Answer 10

It will never equal out, since the poor will spend the money. It will end up back in the hands of the rich. Poor people blowing their money on stuff they don't need is what makes our economy work.