oldsoul
Gold Member
Eliminating the NEED for welfare. The "end state" that I see as possible is to have an economy so robust and thriving that the few people that need help would only need it for a short time, and would easily be cared for with private donations. The biggest hurdle in the way of this is the "welfare class". People who, for what ever reason, choose not to get off welfare, but instead make a "career" of finding ways to stay on it. Quite simply, they don't want to work. Why should my tax dollars go to someone who refuses to get off the couch and find a job? Of course there is also the built-in incentives to stay on welfare too. Remove those and you will find that more people are willing to work. Also, why do we pay (in many cases) union wages for general labor, when those taking "assistance" could just as easily do the work, and gain job experience at the same time? The answer is really quite simple, those in power want to pander to the "welfare class" and therefore will never make them work for anything if they can help it. Meanwhile, they continually say that the "1%ers" are not paying their fair share. As noted above, we could take ALL of their income and it still wouldn't make more than a dent in the deficit.What do you see as the "end state" goal that we should seek to achieve?