Krystov
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- Mount Juliet, TN
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- Libertarian - Right
Through out the entireity of human kinds existance has there ever ONCE been a time when there was no poor in any give society? Of course not. Know why? Because it is a physical impossibility. Particularly when capitalism is involved. By its very nature, especially when combined with the human nature of greed, there will always be those that are poor. Not every poor person is lazy or doesn't try to get out of being poor. But between Capitalism and human Greed they stand no chance.
Everyone stands a chance. Those that choose not to do anything don't deserve federal help. There's plenty of work out there that people simply don't want to do because they feel it's beneath them. Pick up a newspaper and I'll bet you there's a bunch of ads in the classifieds section. Also, if people aren't skilled in anything, they can get a federal loan to go to school for 2 years and they'll be 100 times better off than they were before. People need to start taking care of themselves, not expecting other people to. The people that don't work and live off of welfare don't contribute anything back into society, they merely leech off of the contributions of others.
I understand that there will always be poor, but the ideology that there is a safety net and it's okay if you fail at life does absolutely nothing but tell the struggling that they don't have to struggle, they can just take what other people have and do nothing.
I suggest if not getting rid of certain social welfare programs, tighten down the circumstances to which one becomes eligible. Prove to the government that you're trying to better your life, and that doesn't mean working part time at McDonald's.