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“My late sister was a welfare queen for more than 10 years.”

That’s a very tough thing to have to admit about someone who is, or at least was at one time, close to you. It must give you a very different view from which such a destructive system can be made better.

So just let me gently suggest that it is not productive to speak of ‘reform’ when discussing destructive systems such as welfare. One gets lost in arguments about ways to make the system more workable or how better to treat its beneficiaries (victims), when what is needed is to simply take it out with the rest of the garbage.

Sorry about your sister. RIP

Sorry about your sister. RIP

That's very kind of you...thank you.

it is not productive to speak of ‘reform’

It absolutely is productive to get people off their butts and get to work,and a contract to do so is one possible solution. To say "just kick them off the program" is,basically,what I am proposing-but in a more positive way that benefits everyone-the free market,you,me,and future generations that would just assume that everyone else should pay their way for them because they've grown up on welfare.

Look at it this way:Right now,the federal government is running the welfare circus. They just dole out check after check,year in and year out,no oversight,no checks and balances,everybody that wants a check gets one,have all the kids you want,we don't care,the taxpayer's paying for it.In other words,the federal government doing what they do best,which is nothing. A person can be on assistance forever-no impetus to find a job,just sit back and collect a check,for years on end.Billions and billions of your tax dollars going down the drain forever with no end in sight.
On the other hand,my proposal would cut the length of time a person can receive benefits to 18 months,not allowing for any more assistance ever after that time period;would enforce compliance with the contract by closely monitoring recipients through regular home visits;would foster an atmosphere of positive growth through training and job placement;and may eventually help to end welfare as we know it today.Think:not a hand-out,but a hand up.