Eating Welfare Options

[Tung]

After watching a documentation on welfare and the on going problems all over the U.S, I think it's debatable if having welfare a good thing or a bad thing. The general assumption towards people with welfare are that they are lazy, and just stay at home and "eat" the welfare money given to them.

That's not entirely true, and that most of these people who live on welfare, works other low-paying wage jobs just to have enough to eat. They work long hours, just to support their family. Most people on welfare don't speak english at all, and it's very hard for them to find a good paying job. Also, most of this people, are immigrants who have no skill whatsoever.

The question I raise is, should welfare be something giving this people for a long term, or should there be some kind of maybe 5 year deal, so that they get the five years to finally get a good paying job, so they won't need welfare anymore. I'm against having a X-amount of years where you should only get welfare.

You have to look at where these people are coming from. I mean, there's people who've been on welfare for 20 years now, and we complain about that. Such as "it's been 20 years!, how can you not have a job that pays decent, without having welfare, while I'm working my butt off here, and I get my paycheck cut off from the Welfare Department just to support lazy people like you" What is your stance on this? Should welfare be something that have an x-amount of years given to someone, or should there be no limit as to how long you get welfare?

[karmakiller]

I know I'm going to sound like a bitch when I say this, but if you cannot afford children, do not have them. If you can barely pay your rent and feed yourself how are you going to buy a child diapers and clothing? And when you do work how are you going to pay for someone to babysit them? There are other options.

With that being said, I can understand why someone would not want to give their child up... because a lot of times, things happen. Having a limit on how long you can get support from the government would be a start. Child care IS expensive, and you can't just leave a baby home while you go work (although I'm sure some have tried, lol). And having their support limited to 5 years would give the parent enough time to find someone to care for the child while the work and what not.

I think the whole system is messed up. Just because it's messed up doesn't mean it should be done away with, it just needs to be refined. There are people milking the system and that needs to stop. They're the ones who give it such a bad name. The same thing with disability. We need to keep a closer eye on people who are getting government aid.

[superstitious]

I know I'm going to sound like a bitch when I say this, but if you cannot afford children, do not have them. If you can barely pay your rent and feed yourself how are you going to buy a child diapers and clothing? And when you do work how are you going to pay for someone to babysit them? There are other options.

Just to add a perspective here, at one point I had considered welfare. When my son was first diagnosed with autism, I wasn't sure if he'd be fit enough to be in a school or social environment. I'm a single mom and I do not get child support. So, someone like me, who has an impressive resume and strong work ethic had to consider it. Now, I was fortunate enough that he is a high functioning autistic individual and he was able to attend school (in special ed programs specifically for autism) and was able to continue working. However, I know from personal experience that sometimes it seems like there isn't much of a choice.

I do believe that there are individuals that abuse the system, but there are individuals out there that don't have a lot of options.

Also, as far as the idea behind not having kids if you can't afford them. What about those who do not believe in birth control? I couldn't disagree more with that stance, but in respect for others' cultures, how is it their fault if they are doing what they believe in? It's a shallow argument, but I wanted to put it out there.