On 3/8/2021 9:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:03:40 -0600, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 3/8/2021 11:21 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
knuttle writes:

like Lyndon Johnson "War On Poverty" did in the 50 years ago. Remember=20
how successful that democrat policy was?

Yes, I do remember. It was quite successful in bringing large numbers
of Americans out of poverty.


But how many did it raise out of poverty in such a manner than they
became self-supporting, productive members of society vs. those "raised"
out of poverty by increased government handouts which continued to
increase to maintain the fallacy that they are out of poverty?

I believe that there is a place for welfare but there must be a
concurrent effort to get people off the dole and become productive.
That doesn't appear to be in the politicians agenda. Keep them
beholden, keep them voting (for me) seems to be the goal.

The bright line test for eligibility for welfare is in itself a
deterrent to self sufficiency. They put the people on welfare and then
cut them off completely when they get $XXXX in income. Would it not
incentivize the majority to GRADUALLY trim back the welfare payments as
they gain self-sufficiency to encourage them to earn more without fear
of losing all their government support at once.

All they've done is create generations wholly dependent on the dole with
little interest in getting ahead. "I need more money, send the baby
daddy around to impregnate me and let's hope for twins this time!"

Just to keep it somewhat on topic, government's handling of this makes
me want to grab a 2 x and lay it up along someone's head!

I've always felt that the system should be set up so that you're
_always_ better off if you work.

Welfare IS set up so you are better off if you work. They simply don't
report that they're working. IF they ever get caught cheating, NOTHING
is done to them, other than maybe adjusting their checks for the income.

Today, Government (We the People) is getting cheated out of BILLIONS
just on fraudulent UC claims, but they have been getting cheated out of
BILLIONS in Welfare, Food Stamp, and Medicaid fraud since Johnson came
up with this permanent source of voters.

If that wasn't enough, they let in millions of undocumented voters, and
just for good measure, they implemented massive voter fraud.

It's all worked out well, today we don't have a clue who our real
president is. We do know whomever is pulling it's strings is an
anti-American, anti-freedom, big government commie...

We the people have been out of the loop for a very long time, and there
isn't likely any road back. 1st and 2nd amendments are about toast. The
transformation is complete...
--
Jack
Welcome to the Banana Republic of the USSA.