If you know this plz tell me how and/or give me a link. =) thx!
2007-11-08 13:37:56 · 6 answers · asked by J.t. 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
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link....... my W 2 form
2007-11-08 13:42:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mary Jo W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably so and Larry M makes a lot of good points. I'm on dissability and welfare and since I started getting it, I don't really feel motivated to go out and work for a living.
Don't get me wrong - I do miss working but, the knowledge that I don't *have* to work makes it easier for me to not even try.
I'm not saying that I don't need the income that I do get either; it has helped out a lot but, as long as I know that I'm going to get 600+ dollars a month and pay $275.00 in bills per month and use the rest for entertainment then, why bother getting a job unless it's to get a little more money to buy more games, toys, cigs and fast food?
This REALLY is what I do with my money. I live like a king and lay around on my fat butt and play video games and eat junk food all day long.
This is the very reason why I hesitated to apply for welfare in the first place but, my family insisted so, here I am, living it up.
2007-11-08 14:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Magma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congress tightened the welfare (Aid to Families with Depent Children) system substantially in the 90s, so the who 'cycle of dependence' argument isn't as strong as it used to be.
Transfer payments, though, do take money from households that are more likely to save it (invest) and give it to households that are more likely to spend it. This has the effect of increasing demand in the near term, and reducing suply (or slowing the growth of suply) in the longer term, thus raising price levels over time (inflation).
Whether that 'harms' the economy is pretty nearly subjective. A steadily rising price level can have both positive and negative consequences.
But, Welfare as a transfer payment is dwarfed by Social Security.
2007-11-08 13:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes.. welfair takes money from hard working people and gives it to people that will not work.. generally speaking these people end up having more and more children that can not support which, then they have to pull more money from those that do work. if you look in no nation does this work.. welfair always ends up pulling in crime.. drugs and run down gov. housing.. the people that are on welfair, never try to do better.... why would they.. they have all the bills paid.. free.. free food.. and they get to watch tv all day..
they never goto school.. donate time to help anyone.. never do anything to help the world..... they are leaches on the world...
if the idiots they vote for this stuff.. would use the small brain God gave them...
they would do something along this...
you would be required to goto school full time and make a B avg.. you would havce to take a drug and beer test.. and pass it in order to get the check.. and you could only get the money for a total of 5 years... this would give people time to get a 2 or 4 year college deg.. and 1 year to find a job and then they could NEVER again as long as they live get welfair...
2007-11-08 13:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Larry M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is important to consider the alternative to welfare, when determining if it in fact harms the economy.
I believe hordes of diseased homeless people would be worse, than what we have now.
2007-11-08 13:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by in pain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
corporate welfare amounts to billions, thats more harm than a few crumbs for poor women and children
2007-11-08 13:51:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋