Why is it that republicans do not seem to understand what the American welfare system is comprised of?

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

lol I don’t give a flying fuck what you think of the government. Why would I?

Because you're here running your big mouth about it and it's legal for everyone here to disagree with you.

 

[struth]

You’re literally making shit up right now.

nah it’s true. Xiden broke Obama’s record for the number of people on welfare.

 

[Westender]

Republicans have this idea in their minds that there is an epidemic of welfare queens completely mooching off the government. Such people, in their minds, are able bodied adults who are too lazy to work so they feed off of the American tax payers instead. Republicans believe this because it gives them a false sense of manliness and toughness to assume there is an army of mooching welfare queens. Not them though! They are tough as nails! They get up everyday at 5AM like real men and work! Liberals don’t understand that 4 letter word!!!!

Well the truth is more complicated.

Now granted there are a significant amount of people who would LOVE this scenario. People so selfish that that don’t give a shit if they are supported by tax payers as long as they can do nothing with their lives.
The problem, however, is that there is no such thing as a program that allows this. There is no government program that forks over so much dough that this person can just live off of it while being unemployed.

Take SNAP for instance. The large majority of people on this program are children, the elderly, and the disabled. People who are primarily dependents. Now think of section 8 housing. Are you under the impression that able bodied adults are able to survive NOT working while on this program? Uh no. Now let’s also examine TANF. Have republicans ever actually looked up what this acronym is? It has TEMPORARY in it.

Now also keep in mind that the unemployment rate is well below 4%. Not much room for an epidemic of moochers huh? I mean at least half of that 4% are conservatives so that basically means the large majority of democrats have jobs like everyone else lol.

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching 38 million people nationwide in 2019 alone. These...

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My problem with SNAP is they shouldn't have access to all of the foods in a grocery store. You shouldn't be able to buy crab legs, steaks like ribeye and filets. It's ridiculous what they can purchase.

 

[Anathema]

The problem most of us have with the Social Welfare System is that a large percentage of the people collecting benefits got into the mess they’re in because of decisions they made. Their own mistakes have put them in trouble, yet WE (the public) are expected to bail them out from their own mistyrather than expecting them to deal with the consequences of their own actions/decisions that.

My wife’s family is filled with people collecting benefits because of their own mistakes.

 

[Roadrunner76]

Republicans have this idea in their minds that there is an epidemic of welfare queens completely mooching off the government. Such people, in their minds, are able bodied adults who are too lazy to work so they feed off of the American tax payers instead. Republicans believe this because it gives them a false sense of manliness and toughness to assume there is an army of mooching welfare queens. Not them though! They are tough as nails! They get up everyday at 5AM like real men and work! Liberals don’t understand that 4 letter word!!!!

Well the truth is more complicated.

Now granted there are a significant amount of people who would LOVE this scenario. People so selfish that that don’t give a shit if they are supported by tax payers as long as they can do nothing with their lives.
The problem, however, is that there is no such thing as a program that allows this. There is no government program that forks over so much dough that this person can just live off of it while being unemployed.

Take SNAP for instance. The large majority of people on this program are children, the elderly, and the disabled. People who are primarily dependents. Now think of section 8 housing. Are you under the impression that able bodied adults are able to survive NOT working while on this program? Uh no. Now let’s also examine TANF. Have republicans ever actually looked up what this acronym is? It has TEMPORARY in it.

Now also keep in mind that the unemployment rate is well below 4%. Not much room for an epidemic of moochers huh? I mean at least half of that 4% are conservatives so that basically means the large majority of democrats have jobs like everyone else lol.

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching 38 million people nationwide in 2019 alone. These...

www.cbpp.org

Are you joking ???? Here in Detroit area, women got FREE RENT, BILLS PAID , Food Stamps, and Cash for incidentals all the way up to the 1990s ( look up ADFC). When Bill Clinton signed NAFTA in 91, States started to loose tax revenue from manufacturing going offshore. They had to cut expenses so they went after welfare queens and made them have to WORK to get benefits. I work with black women and many of them are still mad that the Democrats reneged on their secret deal ; we will give you money if you give us your votes (LBJ said "we will have those Niggexs voting for us for the next 200 years !) So we had welfare leeches for at least 20 years which is where you hear about weflare queens.
Today, that is all gone as they have to work to get their assistance programs. The new Welfare Queen are the illegals that are getting various RELIEF.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

The founders got rid of British rule and set up a system of federalism your ilk ignore and circumvent.

Did you forget about that?

They foresaw shit stains like you, and even said so. They expected us to exterminate you and your vermin ilk. We have failed to do what is necessary.

That will be rectified.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

The much bigger and far more successful moochers are big corporations and billionaires, who just happen to control both crime families and the government.

We need a French-style revolution. But no guillotines. Too quick.

 

[gipper]

We need a French-style revolution. But no guillotines. Too quick.

Except if I was in charge, Rs would be first to face their demise.

 

[jbrownson0831]

The welfare system and government assistance was set up to provide temporary help to people in times of need the problem is along the way the temporary part was forgotten. I know few if any who oppose providing people with temporary help when they need it but I also don't know many if any who agree with providing that help indefinitely.

Exactly....temporary.