Holos
Senior Member
Should we help the poor and jobless with charity or welfare ?
Charity -
Pros - No cost to the state
Giver feels they are doing good.
Cons - Not guaranteed
Feudal
Welfare -
Pros - We all pay in so it is a right.
Universal
Cons - Subject to political interference.
Workhouse stigma.
Anybody can fall on hard times so how do we help them get through it and back on the road to success ?
NB - I am not interested in the junkie round the corner who never works and drives a better car than you. Stick to the big picture.
OP,
Who are the poor and jobless that you have perceived in your own experience? Can you give me examples from your empirical perception?
It does not seem appropriate to me to have a debate on charity and welfare before we have well established in agreement who are the people to receive those possible benefits.