Why? Why do people get so very excited, angry at those FEW people who may need help?

Question

....but those same screamers never bat an eyelash at handing over of billions of tax dollars to Big Business even when those businesses are posting record profits?

WHY? Why do they hate people who are stumbling in life so very, very much? Yet continue to give Free Passes to Corporate Vampires who are sucking the life out of what USED to be "capitalism?"

EDIT: To the first responder: Total myth.

And you didn't even READ the freaking question. Apparently you have NO problem whatsoever "giving away" your "hard-earned money" to Big Business who does not need it. Exxon? Posting RECORD PROFITS FOR THE LAST THREE QUARTERS and bush still gave them hundreds of millions of dollars.

You people are pathetic.

To Patricia: Did I imply in any way that I wanted the "hard-working taxpayer" to be "taken advantage of?"

Reagan started a HUGE disinformation campaign about "welfare queens" and it is still ingrained in their brains today.

For every "fraud" case you can document, I can give you a thousand corporate misuses.

My post is about the right's visceral, hate-filled reaction to helping those in need. People who have fallen through the cracks. NOBODY is in favor of "free-loading" and I'd love it if their were statistics to back up all those "fraudulent" cases instead of vague accusations.

To Kimberly: You could not be more wrong. Just plain wrong. Walmart and the other huge corporations suck billions of taxpayer dollars out of the system, and give back....um, let's see -- crappy-paying jobs? Not to mention shipping HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of jobs overseas 'cos they ONLY buy the cheapest goods to sell to YOU. Not to mention those employees who don't get paid SQUAT are a drain on the healthcare system provided by Uncle Sam.

And lots of those people would not BE on "welfare" if there were real jobs, real educational opportunities, real mental health services provided by tax dollars instead of BILLIONS sucked up by a useless Military Industrial Complex. American dollars should be directed towards AMERICANS, not Halliburton.

See? This is the problem, you only have simplistic answers which are just plain WRONG. The 50s were a long time ago.

To butterbar: That's hilarious. YOU talking to ME about the Constitution. Hysterical.

To Matt: Thanks so much for a reasonable, calm, factual post. Very helpful!

To Tom T.: You have absolutely NO IDEA how I put food in my mouth, so don't assume I owe it to Big Business. And I can always count on certain lypes for a knee-jerk response. Please point out in my post where I am "anti-business?" No, dear. I am anti-exploitation. I am anti-tax dollar waste. I am anti-Giving MY dollars to businesses who don't pay their workers a living wage.

See, YOU are of the mindset that workers should grovel on their bloody knees and thank the Almighty CEO for a stinking, lousy, low-paying job with NO benefits.

While *I* am of the mindset that the CEOs bring home the multi-million dollar paychecks should get on THEIR pasty-white, fat, pudgy knees and thank the AMERICAN WORKER for the CEO's bloated paychecks.

Answer 1

A lot of it has to do with what a person is taught while growing up. If you are taught to look down on the poor then you probably will. If your parents teach you to feel pity then you might be more inclined to help. Sometimes people become frustrated with those they try to help because they often make mistakes. Some people feel powerful because they are better off. They don't want to lose status.

How can we change this? I think we need to educate people on what it's like to be in poverty. Get them to view it from the other person's point of view and it might change them. There is something like 1 in 8 Americans living below the poverty level. In most cases, it’s through no fault of their own. Around the world there are millions of people living in extreme poverty that struggle just to survive day by day.

There are many types of people in poverty.

Generational Poverty

They grew up in poverty and haven't yet escaped it. They may not know how to get out of it. There are ways to help people out of it through education and by giving assistance.

Working-Class Poverty

They work but they don't make enough to meet their family's basic needs. They live paycheck to paycheck.

Immigrant Poverty

They have nothing to bargain with when it comes to employment or finding a place to live. They are forced to take whatever they can get. This is a problem with our current immigration system. It can and should be addressed by the government.

Depression Era Poverty

Almost everyone was poor at the same time during the great depression. This is an interesting part of American history that is often ignored. It could happen again. Nearly everyone would know what’s it’s like to be poor if it did.

Middle-Class Temporary/Situation Poverty

Person grows up in a middle-class family. They may be educated but because of their situation they are poor.

Extreme Poverty

These people struggle day to day just to survive. Their biggest problems are a lack of food and drinking water.

We should all unite to stamp out poverty in every corner of the globe.

If every nation dedicated even just small percentage of it’s GDP to fighting poverty we could end it by 2050.

Answer 2

That's what capitalism is all about. Taking money from the poor workers to the rich capital owners.
While the governments should take care of the people, who live in poverty in a considerable amount, they try to earn less taxes by the corporations.
Governments and corporations are in close cooperation, as they depend on one another. Governments succeed having lower unemployment rates and corporations succeed in paying lower taxes. The company I work for employs 5000 people. If the company is dissatisfied by the government and decides to leave the country for example, all these people will be unemployed.
So it's a give-and-take relationship out of which plain citizens are definitely not benefited.
However, helping people who are in poverty is a matter of education, but part of our taxes are supposed to do that.
Besides, how can someone feel pain for poor people, if they haven't been there?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Many of these people like to argue that the reason why multibillion-dollar corporations like Wal-Mart get corporate welfare is because they provide jobs to those who need them. However, since these people claim to believe so strongly in capitalism, one would think that they would be for laissez-faire economics instead. After all, in a capitalistic society, the companies that are able to keep up with consumer demands swim and those that aren't sink, right? But then again, I guess the laissez-faire model only applies if the companies don't have the government in their back pockets!

Answer 5

Although they've never had any real contact with the people whom they like to speak about, cons ignorantly think that everyone that needs help is a freeloader who sits at home and collects a check.

They think that way so it becomes easy to dismiss their lack of empathy for their fellow American.

They have no idea how mental illness plagues the poverty stricken people, how physical handicaps limit people's ability to earn money, or how someone could grow up with very little in the way of proper education.

It's complete lack of the ability to be empathetic to other people's problems. So they rationalize it any way they can.


I'd like to thank the first poster for validating everything I just said.

Answer 6

Big business is why you have a job - or get a welfare check, or get social security, or drive on an interstate highway, or have water to drink, or electricity to use, or any and everything else you might enjoy. So close down big business and see how much you like your new way of life with no taxes coming into D.C. to pay for these things.

Answer 7

Actually, most people who are against welfare are against corporate welfare, also. Because neither of these programs are consistent with the Constitution. You've heard of the Constitution, right? Some of us wierdos consider it the law of the land, and believe that the federal government should follow it.

Here's what James Madison, who is considered the father of the Constitution, says about it: "Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."

I'll take his word for it, he wrote it!

Answer 8

Welfare should only be used for emergencies. You don't want to take advantage of the hard working taxpayers, do you?
As for corporate America, they have always screwed us. What is the solution? Gov't lets them get away with it!

Answer 9

I don't get it either. People pay actually pay very little from their taxes toward TANF and SSI. However, corporate welfare is the biggest form of welfare in the nation. All these people, however are going to scream how it's okay if big business does it, just not people

Answer 10

Business gives us the jobs we need to survive well.
There are people who need help and should receive it, but they have no right to DEMAND that we OWE them that help.
Giving from the HEART is CHARITY.
Gifts via the IRS are EXTORTION.
It is a proven FACT that conservatives give more through charity than liberals.
How come liberals always demand more from the taxes collected from the population as a whole? Don't they understand ANYTHING about human nature or does it just make them FEEL good without having to do anything that is REAL?