“People have differing attitudes aboput what assistance is for. My grandson said it is to help people through hard times. I say it is to keep them from starving to death.”
I say it’s to keep them dependent on Government instead of working for what they need to survive.
My unsolicited $0.02?
The problem isn't the welfare leeches. If we switched from Gov't welfare to charity or just simple street begging, then they'd still exist. If there are handouts, there will always be people who will take advantage.
No, I think that the problem lies with the administrators of the programs, and the politicians who set the policies. The Pols spend the people's money like a drunken sailor. The bureaucrats betray their trust and refuse to properly distribute funding because 1) They're lazy 2) They're more interested in increasing their little empires, and the fraud helps them out 3) They're embezzling from the system, too or 4) one two AND three....
How do you fix it? No idea. The bureaucracy has become so entrenched at all levels, that I'm not sure it can be blown out. Maybe if the programs were cut entirely, from the top down.