How can welfare be restructured to prevent people from taking advantage of it?

Question

For example, I notice so many people choosing to have children that they can't provide for. I know of a family on Medicaid who are thinking of having another child and their first is not even a year old.

Prenatal, birth and well child health care alone amounts to a lot of money and so many people are procreating without health insurance or the means to feed, clothe and house their child(ren). The idea, is that the state will help.

Innocent children shouldn't be denied social services, but something has to be done to stop people from having children they cant afford.

In light of the current economy and the fact that many states carry a budget deficit or are in crisis even, what do you think is the best solution to this social problem?

Answer 1

i believe that we must continue to provide benefits for everyone under 18 (already have free education and health care), for people over 18 i say we get the same welfare FDR put in place, you work for the government, and i got a place for you to do it, the army.

But i do support disability

Answer 2

The best solution would be to stop corporate welfare...which costs us almost 4 times what social welfare costs...167 billion to 51 billion in social welfare.

Most adults with children are not on welfare...it is the children who receive welfare/food stamps. I am not for denying their rights to food, milk, and doctor's visits.

The majority of people on welfare are children 64%, veterans, the mentally and physically disabled, and the elderly who can't make it on social security alone. I am not for denying any of these people benefits.....especially when we are throwing far more away on pork barrel spending, corporate welfare, etc.

We spend 92,000 on the cloak room attendant for Congress. We give the shoe shiner 63,000. We can and should cut many programs....but denying our weakest citizens access to food, medicines, and care is simply not even in the first 100 options.

Answer 3

Welfare can be totally eliminated. There are disability benefits available to those who truly need help and are not taking advantage.

Answer 4

i agree the kids are the only ones that are innocent in the welfare game..i knew a lady who at 22 had six kids..we paid for them all...how does that happen? none of them had  a father figure in their life...obviously something she chose to do..i think after three kids..you get that issue taken care of ..not denying anyone the right to have kids..just saying after three if we are paying for them you dont have any more..that way you dont have families having all these kids trying to get all this money ....and although they should be poor..ever worked with someone on welfare doing the right to work c**p...bet you ten dollars they dress and eat a h**l of a lot better than you do... i worked with many ..was nothing for them to have ten to fifteen pair of name brand shoes...and to buy soda with their food stamp card and drink them at work....they also because they had numerous kids....didnt pay a dime in school fees didnt pay for their kid lunches at school..and got free housing...thru the habitat for humanity...they wore more gold than i have ever seen other than a jewelery store..their kids have been handed every opportunity that i cant give mine..because they pay no fees for any college exam...they get pell grants out the *** and all the free help they could possibly ever need..and spend their money on alcohol....so do they really need the help? and am i being selfish because i think that is fraud...just my opinion..i think it needs to be rewritten you let them have 50 bucks left over a pay check thats for their savings account..you dont throw food stamps ona plastic card so there is no shame....you pay with those fake little bills...put some shame back into it..and some of it will stop...but better yet stop handing them the world so they can pop out more kids who will continue this cycle..cause it pays pretty d**n well....

Answer 5

Unless they are disabled require some community service with day care. This may interfere with their job they work under the table.

Answer 6

to answer your question: plain and simple. it can't.

economics is harsh

economically speaking, a Point of Sale tax ONLY for both businesses and individuals with no federal or state entitlement programs whatsoever would be the only solution.  

most children living at poverty level are there due to living in a single parent family.

at last count, over 100 billion (that's with a B) is owed just in unpaid child support.  you can bet your last dollar that if entitlement programs were eliminated, people would be screaming for that debacle to be addressed, and it would be.

imagine the financial freedom that comes with being able to choose for one's self whether or not to pay taxes by purchasing or not purchasing items?

Answer 7

I'm no political genius or have done any social work, but I think welfare should ONLY be for the disabled and the elderly. I'm really wary about welfare for children because judging from your question, that's what caused the problems in the first place. This is why we have orphanages and churches to help with that kind of thing. NOT that I'm heartless or anything like that! It's just, like you said, women tend to become baby factories, and before you know it, you have 7-8 kids you can't provide for.

It's the same way with leechers that don't want to work. The more you give them, the lazier they become. A universal fact is when you have more money, you tend to spend MORE of it and when you have less money, you spend LESS of it. When people receive less welfare, they'll value their money more and they'll gain an incentive to go out and work. It's simple supply and demand. More = less value and Less = more value

Answer 8

First off i say take the medicaid away and only make it to when someone needs to go the a hospital stay. Still keep it on income basis. Also illegal immigrants should not receive it at all. Perm Residents should be here for like 10yrs and they can receive assistance. Get rid of the govt funded MMA 1011( for illegal immigrants) And for the people that dont meet the income basis have spenddown and have it act like a insurance for the time they were in the hospital. They pay their share and mediciad pays the rest. If you have insurnace already then dont apply for medicaid. If you can afford insurance then why would u need medicaid.  Overall it would help for the money to go to better things like education for our children.  

Answer 9

Kick them off it after a certain amount of time or reduce their benefits if they are capable of working.  Also cap the benefits that they can have to 2 children.  Therefore, having more children will not increase their benefits. If they do so, then deem unsatisfactory parents and have the state claim the child so the child does not become the victim and can be housed, fed, and educated.

Some people become baby factories in order to live off of welfare.  Then their children learn this sort of behavior, mimic it, and it becomes cyclical.  I have witnessed this perverse cycle first hand.  I don't know how else to stop it than capping benefits.  We need to stop rewarding people for bad decisions and use welfare only for unfortunate and temporary circumstances.

Answer 10

Cut it out , There are Jobs out there , not all are the best jobs but they are there , look at all the Illegals here they work , but we have Americans sitting on their Butts Collecting a Check ,

I am not heartless and I understand everyone from time to time needs help but there has to be a limit on it .

I had a Lady who worked for me , I had begged her to take a full time job and move into management but she wouldn't she would only work 23 hours a week because if she worked more she would loose her Govt money's , her section 8 housing , her Medicaid , food stamp , the welfare she got for the kids, free lunch for her kids . I would have had to pay her $18.50 an hour and she would have to work 48 hours a week . She asked me why she should work  48 hours and get the same pay that she was getting for 23 hours .