Why should people on welfare get to vote?

Question

Would you like to vote yourself a raise.

we did not have a welfare state when the constitution was written. politicians could not buy votes as easily then.

Answer 1

We have a political party that's very existence is based on exploiting the poor, minorities, illegals and criminals. Liberals have worked very hard to lead people into the welfare cycle of life rather than perform hard work to make their own way of life.

There is no way in the world, liberals will ever allow a group of people living off of others to lose their voting rights. Heck, liberals want convicted felons to get back their voting privileges; the whole purpose of supporting illegals is to turn them into democratic voters.

I think welfare people should take drug tests and lose their voting rights; there needs to be incentives to stay off welfare NOT incentives to stay.

Heck, there should be a flat tax, so everyone pays the same per cent; we need tort reform to stop the trial lawyers from raping our way of life; we should deport illegals, BUT it won't happen because liberals stand in the way of justice.

Answer 2

Because some of these people (I'm not saying all) have fallen on hard times through no fault of their own such as being laid off or losing a job. You know what they say about most American families are a paycheck away from being homeless and we've had some rather intense lay-offs latelyl. Those people had been used to making good money and now are having to try to raise families on minimum wage which is impossible to maintain a home on, feed and clothe children on let alone educate them. Maybe these people would like a chance to vote for someone who they think will help improve the economy. Not all people on welfare want to be there. The ones just working the system I have no sympathy for, but there are some decent people who have just had some unfortunate events happen in their lives, too. My son is a Paralyzed Veteran and relies on a VA disability pension, that's a form of welfare, so are you saying that he should not be allowed to vote because he draws a check?

Answer 3

People are on welfare because people voted and these votes give CEO's a raise, politician's a raise, and elitist a raise not the middle class citizen.

The reality is that many, many Americans do not vote (not just welfare) as voting in this country isn't going to change things. Politicians are two sides of the same coin and until we all take a stand and simply not vote nothing will really change for the better.

It would take a total boycott of the voting process to make actual good changes as it would state emphatically that the voting system is broken, that the methods from which we derive these so called politicians has left the door wide open to corruption and that we are left to vote for the least evil of the two not for someone that we truly feel will initiate good results.

Voting As Political Narcotic
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Information Clearinghouse
November 1, 2007
America’s political system is a large and complex criminal conspiracy. Most voters enable it without benefiting from it. Voting is a ploy of the two-party power elites to keep the population docile, delusional and duped. Our government has been hijacked in plain sight, despite elections. We cannot get it back by voting. All the main candidates are part of the conspiracy. Voting only encourages them. In our fake democracy corrupt politicians use doses of voting as a political narcotic. We must free more Americans of the addiction. Otherwise they will keep hallucinating that some Democratic or Republican President or controlled Congress will actually give us the changes we crave for.
Attempts to hold the government accountable have failed and will continue to fail. The system is rotten to the core. It sustains itself both by preventing major political reforms and undermining those that get passed to temporarily placate the public. Arrogant power elites feel no obligation to be accountable to the public. Elections are not a threat to the status quo. Elections are distractive entertainment, a political narcotic.
Voting became a political narcotic when it stopped working to improve government and became used to legitimize a corrupt, two-party failed government.
Voting – especially lesser-evil voting – sustains our fake democracy more than any other citizen action. It lets politicians claim that they represent the sovereign people. It tells the world that our elected government has public support. Voting sends the wrong message to everyone. No matter who you vote for, voting says the political system is fair. It is not.
Power elites own the government and use it to serve their interests and protect a corporate plutocracy. Though a numerical minority – probably about 20 million Americans – an Upper Class easily manipulates the remaining 280 million by controlling the consumer economy, the distractive culture, and government policies and spending.
This is what America’s political freedom has morphed into: Dissidents free to protest (to make us feel good). Elites free to control (to maintain corruption). Conned citizens free to vote (to keep the system looking democratic). And most Americans free to borrow, spend and consume (to stay hooked on work, antidepressants, sleeping pills, alcohol, sports, computers, religion, gambling and illegal drugs). Where do you fit in?
In our drugged fake democracy, Americans replace objective reality with illusions. The US does not excel in nearly any statistical measure of democracies. Our voter turnout is a disgrace. We imprison more people than all other nations combined. We do not provide universal health care or affordable prescription drugs. Our primary education system is mostly awful. Economic inequality is incredible – with the top one percent owning 21 percent of the nation’s wealth – and getting worse. People are made addicted to consumption and borrowing, then left to suffer from crippling debt. Painful economic insecurity blinds the submissive middle class whose belief in the American dream is akin to expecting to win a lottery.
http://www.truthnews.us/?p=625

Answer 4

Some people on welfare do not want to be reliant on the state, but due to disability have no other option. Youo obviously have never had to struggle to get by, are you from a 'privelaged' class? Don't be too hasty to put others down, you might be in the same position one day. And yes, they have as much right to vote as you do, thay are still human beings!

Answer 5

While I know there are people abusing the welfare system I also know there are people who are on it thru know fault of their own and need the helping hand and there is no way to go thru the list and decide who should be able to vote and who to exclude so you get the good with the bad

Answer 6

And why should anyone that has an agenda get to vote. . .

Oh wait! WE ALL HAVE AN AGENDA!

If you don't want to allow people on welfare to get more money, then get out and vote against the referendum!!! And if you aren't old enough to vote, then that explains the ridiculousness of this question!

Answer 7

All Americans of voting age have the right to vote. It would be unwise to start something like discrimination against people due to their economic class. Some may be disabled or it may be a temporary thing. What we need to do is to promote incentives for those with the ability to find employment and incetives for job training in this country.

Answer 8

No matter what happens in ones country it affects us all including those who rely on welfare and if they get a rise it shows just what I am saying, fact of life is that a vote is a vote no matter who makes it and you have a negative attitude to those less fortunate and it could happen to you and no doubt you will be the first ro scream foul ~~

Answer 9

Do you mean by "on welfare" the farmers and muntiions mafufacturers who are subsidised by public money in order to return candidates that in effect bribe them? If not, say why they are different from the welfare people you mean.

Answer 10

Just think about it....It says in the Constitution ''All men are treated equally.......if black people had the right to vote right after slavery....why wont welfare people have the right....All mean are born equal....