Welfare - and those that take advantage of it - How can I get involved and fixing this broken system?

Question

I am so tired of the people that mooch off of the system.

I am now getting irate. I look at my single mother who has worked all of her life...has worked HARD and has been downsized and is looking for work. She will be getting unemployment, however, unemployment ends after a certain point - like they cut it off.

Yet I have cousins (and aunts) that haven't worked a day in their DAM life, on welfare, thinking everything in life is given to them and really just stealing from the system. How is it that Welfare can keep being given out to people who dont want to go to school, who dont want to work, who dont want to pay for SH*T...yet someone that has worked hard...made a concious decision to not get on welfare, to build a home, worked hard to raise her daughter alone, and is left to struggle, house put in jeopardy (possible foreclosure), worked for her bachelor degree (took many yrs due to her responsibility for me)...all because she took the RIGHT road and didn't want to be someone that just steals from the system.

I am such an advocate for ending welfare...or making it a temporary thing. Why is it that the goverment does nothing about this? and what can I do to either end it, get the isht reformed to where people cant just mooch off of it...? I mean there's gotta be SOMETHING!!!

Answer 1

Seriously, the best thing you can do to help stop welfare fraud is to vote Republican.  The Republican House and Senate majority back in the 90's passed laws to limit welfare.  There has been NO democrat house and senate majority that has done anything to limit welfare.  The dems have only expanded it, while taking more of your hard earned tax dollar to cover it.    

Answer 2

I Agree 100%

We all should push for more welfare reform.

Bill Clinton gave us a good start with his welfare reforms.

Sadly bush dropped the ball and did Nothing when republicans had control of the Executive and Legislative branches of our Government for 6 years.

No matter who is elected next we the people should insist on more reforms.

Answer 3

You can report your aunts to social services.

Welfare has a very low rate of fraud. 84% of welfare recipiants are off welfare within 2 years....as far as them not working....that would be against the new laws, in which they must show that they are actively seeking employment to receive aid unless they have a legitimate medical condition. The fact is, the majority of people on welfare are, in order, Children, the elderly, and veterans. I am not willing to end programs that cost 1% of the federal budget when we are spending more than 3 times that amount on corporate welfare.....at 167 million per year.

Answer 4

Don't listen to the person that said we only spend one percent of our budget on welfare.. It's actually 2/3 of the budget.. It's insane.

But like the other person said, vote. Not always republican, but they are the most active in trying to combat fraud.. I feel the same way, I have a friends mom that waits until the first of the month so they can get drugs. They say the first of the month is the busiest time for drug dealers..

Answer 5

true because many of the welfare people end up buying illegal drugs, alcoholic beverages and pot. majority of them aren't sick just lazy.

Answer 6

I agree it is disgusting that people can't  make an honest living and expect to get everything for free.  

Hold your head up high!  Your mom has shown you the right way...just like my parents.