Exactly right. They poverty line cut off is ridiculous, too. A friend of mine needed public assistance for a while after her husband died, but she made about $400 too much to qualify. But still too little to really survive on. They need a a system to taper back and give people a little time to manage their finances and get established.
And if they refuse to improve their lot in that time, then cut off the bennies.
We lived in a welfare town for 18 long years. It was like living an episode of COPS. The welfare abuse we saw was unreal. I can't recall seeing anyone on it who didn't abuse it.
Absolutely, a compromise is absolutely logical as preventative maintenance and saving more in the long run. There are those who will scream and holler “not one dime period!”
Well those folks have never been in business and do not understand that logical investments up front save much much more in overhead over the long run.
Welfare assistance could be done in a way to help people out of poverty BUT that would refuce the number of clients ,the high paying government welfare afministration jobs,the fraud at all levels,and alcohol sales.