does the democratic's view of helping the less fortunate actually work?

Question

you know what i mean.

thanks just wanna c some answers.

Answer 1

It works for those who are temporarily down and out. The democrats usually make opportunities available to people who at this time can't afford college, a way to leave the ghetto, etc. For those who have no interest in bettering themselves, nobody can help them. Still you can't let them die in the streets. Can you picture that in this country?

I've seen many people say that liberals have destroyed the country, but each person has some responsibility for the choices they make in this life. If someone chooses to become a drug addict, can you really blame anyone but that person for their choice? Can that person blame anyone else in the end? All but the youngest of children know that drugs will ruin your life. People know they have to work for a living or they won't have a good life. What do dependent people want out of life? Nobody gets welfare for more than 5 years in their lifetime anymore.

I'm not sure where it starts or where it ends for some, but making opportunities available does give many people the seed they have longed for to grow on.

Answer 2

I think this question dodges the actual cause of why people are less fortunate- if you think all poor people are druggies, criminals, or lazy, you're living in a bubble. Used to be that if you were less fortunate, but if you were a hard worker, or intelligent, or skilled, you could make it big. Used to be. These days we have people with genious level intelligence, hard workers, and skilled people working 12 hour shifts on factory floors who can't affor health care, and we have lazy idiots making hundreds of millions of dollars because they were born into the right family network (who end up ruining entire companies- big surprise). The problem wasn't this bad just ten or twenty years ago, but has been getting steadily worse as more and more politicians bow down to their campaign money-lenders. Heck, we have people making millions every year who claim they have to hire overseas to make a profit, yet their company would be doing just fine if they lowered their own paycheck to a realistic one, and they could hire ten times the number of people, in america, that they need to do the job. Centralized wealth can be very useful for society, but it has gone past the point of uneccessary and into the realm of the obscene.

Unfortunately, only one candidate on either side is talking about this very real problem. Edwards. That's what he means when he says there are "two americas." You won't hear most candidates talk about it because they know the very rich can ruin their campaigns. After all, the very rich have more control over your life than your elected government does.

Answer 3

Free handouts are not the answer. They might be a quick fix in an emergency or disaster situation, but this country has to start repairing some of the real problems. Number One is the problem with education. No Child Left Behind has left many behind. Those who can't measure up to the tests simply drop out. Some states have a 50% drop out rate.

Obama realizes that this is one of our greatest needs and has a plan to correct educational problems by providing a firm foundation early in life for all children and also college or technical education later on at affordable costs to all.

The Republicans know that if they can keep the majority of our citizens dumb and/or uneducated, they can continue to play the game their way. It's time to fight back.

Obama for America!

Answer 4

i do believe it would work.i also believe that people like hilary that most people may not like and that is their opinion may have an advantage for being first lady for two terms in office and then as a senator.i also believe that many intentions are out there laid on the table like a deck of cards yet how they would deal with the situation if they were to win the presidency would be a different situation.i at least have more faith in them than in the democrats especially after everything that we as a nation had to endure under this president and do not get wrong but i think that democrats who know what they are saying should say something and those who know they cannot keep their promises should not say anything more than they can do because if they move on and get elected the past or what they have said will hunt them.

Answer 5

Who knows. It is hard to document that with statistics or anecdotes. Ultimately though, we as Americans should be striving to improve our society as a whole. The more poor people, the more uneducated people and the more lazy people we get the worse off our country gets. Everyone deserves the same opportunity as anyone else to succeed. After all, that is what America is all about.

Answer 6

We have been slowly creeping toward socialism for the last 50 years and the number of poor has shot up dramatically. Democrats way of solving poverty is a complete failure.

Answer 7

I don't think we know if it would work, because it's never been attempted whole-heartedly. What I mean is, because the country is usually split on the proper approaches to take to problems, we usually end up with compromise solutions that satisfy neither side and are only piecemeal bandaids.

Answer 8

Nope.

Democrats controlled Congress for 40 years and we still have the poor people with us. If their programs worked then why are a generation later people still on welfare?

Answer 9

No. No one has respect for money that they don't have to work for. 30 % of my paycheck is taken from me so that someone can stay home and watch their 52" plasma TV

Answer 10

It would if republicans let us have are way.