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Originally posted by FATPad
btw, I have no problem supporting some guy who worked for 12 years at a job, got laid off unexpectedly, has two kids, a wife, the house, etc, for a limited time while he finds another job.
I do have a problem with supporting people like 22 year old women with 5 kids and no job, lazy people who were taught that the govt will take care of them, and shit like that.
I also have a problem with taking care of people above a level that someone actually working gets to live at.
If you make no money, you can live off the govt like you make $30k a year. If you are actually working and make $22k, you get nothing. That is hardly fair and gives no incentive to go and work. It reinforces the idea that living off the govt is the way to go.
There is no need or reason for people on welfare to be buying steaks and lobsters with their food stamps (for example), or living in brand new places that people actually working cannot afford. If you want to live off the govt, you should live at the bottom of the barrel.
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The largest group of poor people are the working poor, those who do work but just make very, very little money. (13% of americans live in poverty, 5% are unemployed)
I myself am in favor of a simpler system without "tax levels" and such, one where someone that makes money will automatically have more than someone who doesn't, and someone who makes more money will have more money.