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Originally Posted by Babs
I find It quite odd that I'm apparently the only one here that thinks government handouts should be based on a need to survive, and not a need to eat AND have spinners on your car or regular lobster dinners. There are a lot of people out there who don't just use their benefits for the occasional birthday gift or entertainment purchase.
But I'll rest here on my high horse and let this die, since I'm clearly the minority for thinking so.
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The government calculates what it takes to pay for basic needs and then gives that out to the people who need it.
If you get like here in Ireland €180 a week, then thats what everyone gets. If you choose to eat ramen noodles every day and then spend 90% of what you get on video games and whiskey, thats your choice.
It's a free market. Why is it that the right wing in America who often complain about big government and the government intruding into peoples lives complain about what people choose to spend their money on?
It's not like the government is giving them MORE money for them to go spend on stuff. Everyone gets the same amount. If they CHOOSE to eat a bowl of cereal once a day and spend the money they save on a new car stereo, who are you to say they can't?
Are you suggesting the government monitor all purchases made by people on welfare and anything that isn't food, cheap food, not be covered? Should they be forced to eat only stuff from a can and stuff that you microwave? Obviously you have a problem with them eating fresh seafood like lobster, which in many areas is no more expensive than other fish.
It's not you, it's a learned mentality that the right push in America. They demonise people who get social assistance like welfare, yet push corporate welfare and promote tax cuts for the wealthy (i.e. give money to rich people). The money all comes from the same pot, and those at the top like to think they are somehow better when they take it since they lead a more privileged life.
The sad thing is the average working class person, like yourself, then are brainwashing into thinking other working class people are somehow lower than you and less deserving than a rich guy you don't know.
You can judge people without all the facts. You don't know what a persons home life is just by knowing they have food stamps. To paint all persons with the same brush simply because you have been told to do so is not the way to make a good judgment about a large swatch of people, your fellow countrymen at that.
Besides, at the end of the day who do you think has taken more tax dollars from you in your lifetime? Welfare cheats or bailed out bankers? Feel free to Google and do the math sure.