Schwarzenegger proposes slashing billions from social services

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Originally Posted by keroppininja

How is legalizing cannabis impossible? Its on the ballot this November, all you have to do is vote for it.

Even pot advocates admit it will probably only bring in an extra $1 Billion, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the deficit.

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Originally Posted by MotleyCrew

We knew quite a few poorer Americans that were gainfully employed under Bush. There will always be those that don't do well no matter who is at the helm. Just look at the poverty rate now and the number of new homeless families. I never found one starving child with Bush in the w.h and I think this a false statement. In Ca we had in place Healthy Baby, WIC, and many other programs to help the moms and babies. Our good friend's daughter in fact had a million dollar baby at taxpayers expense. Do you see any improvement with the families in the Appalachia mountains? I don't.

It goes back to what sonarrat said in an earlier post on this thread. Giving people money is often not what they really need. Sure, in the short run, that's true. But in the long run, a lot of poor people have aquired bad habits and value systems (lack of planning, having kids out of wedlock, etc) that need to change. But in today's PC environment, it's practically illegal for the government to do anything but hand out cash and free or discounted housing instead of addressing the root of the problem: human bahavior.