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Misconceptions. I should know, my family was on welfare for about 7 years.First and foremost, if you are working, you are paying taxes for welfare, and if you run into trouble, then you should be intitled to some help. Now welfare doesn't give you that much. It's alittle bit more than working min wage in the U.S., and in California that's less because our min wage is 6.50, so you make more working two jobs than welfare. Now for other states, and Cali, you need a good reason to get welfare. It can't be, oh I'm a crack head I need welfare. Social workers check out your situatiion, and say you have a child, if it is better that the child has a parent at home instead of them always being gone, then they'll give you welfare so that the child can be raised so that they don't grow up to be trouble makers. Remember, once a child is born, the most important fact is the child, not the parent. The parent has messed up, now it's time to try and get that child to have a good home, if the parent is a crack head, then they take the child to another home. Now when that child becomes old enough to take care of themself after school, then the parent has many welfare benefits taken from them, and also well on welfare they put the parents on job programs, or encourage them to go to school. My dad went back to school, and got a Alcohol/Drug Studies Certificate, and a Human Service B.A., and now is a Alcohol counsler, so welfare basically paid for someone to be trained to help alcoholics and drug addicts. Also, our welfare benefits stopped basically when my sister was 13, and so, you have to understand the welfare system before you knock it.
Quote from: M Dogg on July 15, 2004, 02:44:57 PMMisconceptions. I should know, my family was on welfare for about 7 years.First and foremost, if you are working, you are paying taxes for welfare, and if you run into trouble, then you should be intitled to some help. Now welfare doesn't give you that much. It's alittle bit more than working min wage in the U.S., and in California that's less because our min wage is 6.50, so you make more working two jobs than welfare. Now for other states, and Cali, you need a good reason to get welfare. It can't be, oh I'm a crack head I need welfare. Social workers check out your situatiion, and say you have a child, if it is better that the child has a parent at home instead of them always being gone, then they'll give you welfare so that the child can be raised so that they don't grow up to be trouble makers. Remember, once a child is born, the most important fact is the child, not the parent. The parent has messed up, now it's time to try and get that child to have a good home, if the parent is a crack head, then they take the child to another home. Now when that child becomes old enough to take care of themself after school, then the parent has many welfare benefits taken from them, and also well on welfare they put the parents on job programs, or encourage them to go to school. My dad went back to school, and got a Alcohol/Drug Studies Certificate, and a Human Service B.A., and now is a Alcohol counsler, so welfare basically paid for someone to be trained to help alcoholics and drug addicts. Also, our welfare benefits stopped basically when my sister was 13, and so, you have to understand the welfare system before you knock it.I think it's wrong if someone who is working is making less then someone on wellfare, thats fucked up. Even if you're for wellfare you can agree that the system needs to be revised.
So welfare is not the problem, the minimum wage is. Start paying your workers what they deserve and they will stop taking the easy option.
Welfare is one of the things that makes this country great. It's a safety net. None of us know if we'll ever lose it all and need a helping hand from the government.Unfortunately it is being abused heavily and does need revisement. I would never get rid of t though.
Are you a communist?
Quote from: GoodLuvn169 on July 15, 2004, 03:07:45 PMAre you a communist?Are you on crack?
Quote from: Jay ay Beee on July 15, 2004, 03:10:49 PMQuote from: GoodLuvn169 on July 15, 2004, 03:07:45 PMAre you a communist?Are you on crack?Why should it be the government's responisbility to determine how much corporations should pay thier employees. Sounds a little tyrannical
So do you approve of sweatshops Goodluvn?I've just realised who you are. You're the guy that said Mike Myers was a better actor than Pacino.