Ironsuit’s Weblog

Down on Walker Street last night I was downing some budlight when an interesting conversation started up. We were talking about the welfare system and how some people are 3rd generation welfare abusers and others that need assistance, to get on their feet, cant seem to get the help they need. What was interesting is that after a long discussion and general understanding of how the system is abused, we could only come up with 2 solutions.

The first solution was to give abusers a 90 day heads up and then stop their funding. This “cold turkey” approach would force abusers to get a job and try to support themselves.

The second was the “wing em” approach which slowly cuts the abusers welfare money until they are slowly forced to support themselves.

The people we analyzed were friends we know from town who do not work, eat better than the working class, sell half of their food stamp for drugs and alcohol, and live rent free.

It is not fair to taxpayers and the shrinking middle class to reward those who don’t preform and achieve. Welfare should get you on your feet not be a culture. Any ideas? comments? Have a beer with your neighbors and see what people are saying.