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Originally posted by cuaphi
Okay, I really don't want to go into this too intensely but I think when you say "I don't want people mooching off of my riches" you sound like a sheltered rich kid who has no idea what it's like for the millions who live paycheck to paycheck. Just because you (and I) were born into relative affluence doesn't give us the right to judge those who didn't. I indirectly work for the department of human services. Do you know how little you have to make to get food stamps, how little that helps and how many restrictions there are on them? It's not a handout, it's basic subsistance.
This isn't about giving stuff to people who screwed up their lives, it's about not letting people starve and die of perfectly cureable diseases in the midst of the richest nation in the world.
Please don't flame me, I won't fight back. I just needed to say this.
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It depends on where you are.
There are plenty of folks on the welfare roles in my state who are doing fine financially. They get most of their income as unreported cash and then turn around and collect benefits. They'll never be caught because the caseworkers in my state are overloaded and undereducated (you only need a bachelor's in anything to be a social worker).
If someone screws up their own lives, they should be given more incentive to make things work. Not incentive to have a basic subsistance provided for them without them having to do anything. As for dying of certain diseases, I'd say it completely depends on what the disease is. Sometimes, I feel that people should have to suffer the consequences of their own stupidity -- it's called natural selection.