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Funny, I always thought of a car as a tremendous luxury that was something one EARNED, not an entitlement.
Ask anyone who lives in a poor area what the atmosphere is like in the neighborhood on the days right after the government checks come. Party, Party, Party!!!! Liquor, drugs, and takeout food in abundance. I guess that's with what's left over after all those other things you mentioned above are paid for.
I have no problem with these rent increases if the person's income allows it. I do have a problem with people being judgmental about the program and blaming people who are on it to make themselves feel better or to spew their hatred and misery.
Section 8 and other entitlement programs are Federal and do not come from local programs.
Your taxes pay for expensive school and police unions where people may only have to put in 20 years to get a great retirement package. Some of those are the true entitlement programs same as city government with their lazy workers who do nothing or next to nothing for a big salary. In in south Florida but i had some work done on my house and some are too lazy to get out of their truck to check what they are supposed to inside a home and just arrive so the GPS shows they were there, sit outside and mark the work completed and passed. Those are the true welfare queens. You are blaming the wrong people out of ignorance and prejudice, and yes some of those are bad, and some of those programs you blast are put in place so when you or a family member have a catastrophic injury or illness it's there to help them.
First off...stop making this about race. It has nothing to do with race. Second, if my family should ever need to use Section 8 housing, we would have to spend at least 10 plus years on the wait list before housing would become available. Lastly, unless you’ve taken a walk through Bed Sty or East New York, you have zero idea of what a true welfare queen is.
In many areas, it is just as Parentologist states. Section 8 was meant to be a temporary “helping hand” for people who had fallen on hard times. For many, it’s now a way of life...past down from one generation to the next. My taxes are over $15,000.00 a year with most of that money going to entitlement programs. I am fed up with working my arse off to support those who REFUSE to work and for the single mothers with 8 kids by 8 different men. It’s disgusting and sad, but it IS a fact.
If you are referring specifically to welfare benefits when you state "entitlement programs" then you need to educate yourself:
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Where does all the money go? It is really quite simple.
Governments at all levels, federal, state, and local, spend about $1.4 trillion a year on pensions, including Social Security and government employee pensions.
Governments spend about $1.6 trillion a year on health care, principally Medicare and Medicaid.
Governments spend about $1.1 trillion a year on education at all levels, principally at the local government level.
The federal government spends about $0.9 trillion a year on defense, including the Departments of Defense, State, and Veterans Affairs.
Governments spend $0.4 trillion on welfare programs other than Medicaid.
All other spending amounts to $1.8 trillion, including interest on the national debt. The grand total of all the spending is $7.1 trillion.
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