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Originally Posted by Lambeau
Do you consider welfare opportunity??? How many that start on welfare EVER come off? Ever notice that most on welfare or given social charity vote dem???
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No, not many, and yes.
1. I do not vote democrat.
2. I am not in favor of the current welfare system.
3. I am a socialist.
I am in favor of things that allow equal opportunity, not equal achievement. There is a difference.
For example, I am not in favor of handing out money to lazy people. But I am in favor of all children being offered the opportunity to get a good education, attend college, have enough to eat, receive proper health care, etc.
So then how to accomplish that?
1. Instead of offering welfare, everyone should be given the opportunity to have a job. If you cannot find one, the government will find one for you.
2. If you are a single adult with young children, then the government will either decide that: a) you will stay home and take care of your children and receive welfare until they are old enough to attend school, or b) you will have a job and receive some sort of proper daycare for your kids. Once your kids are old enough to attend school, you will at least have a part time job during those hours. If you cannot find a job, the government will find one for you.
I know many conservatives do not want to see their tax money pay for this stuff, but that is a very short cited viewpoint. Why? Because when these kids grow up, they will become problems in society. Instead of paying for them to grow up properly, you will end up paying for increased law enforcement and perhaps paying for them to be in prison.
Here in New York, the problems of society are most apparent. The number of homeless people has increased ten-fold over the last 30 years, and two-thirds of the homeless people in New York City are children under the age of 15. Most of these homeless children end up joining gangs and most will be in prison before they reach the age of 18.
And while the population of New York State has not increased in the last 30 years, the number of prisons has gone from 7 (in 1973) to 73 (in 2006).
This is not a trend we want to continue, and it is going to take some sort of organized effort to break this trend. And claiming "personal responsibility" is obviously not going to change things.