Will eliminating welfare benefits help the poor get motivated enough to get a job? (employment, minimum wage)
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the number of people depending on the government to maintain their standard of living has grown so large that eliminating welfare will cause people to riot
What's the long term solution then? The economy seems to have clogged up on all sectors.
We have to wait until we decrease the surplus population... Globalization makes it easier to have work performed elsewhere for a lower cost. The baby boomers grew up in a world where 20% of the world population controlled 80% of the wealth, but we are switching to a period where 35% of the world controls 65% of the wealth. Opportunities still exist, but maybe not as many in the west as there used to be.
The vast majority of people are still making more than min wage though.
We have to wait until we decrease the surplus population... Globalization makes it easier to have work performed elsewhere for a lower cost. The baby boomers grew up in a world where 20% of the world population controlled 80% of the wealth, but we are switching to a period where 35% of the world controls 65% of the wealth. Opportunities still exist, but maybe not as many in the west as there used to be.
The vast majority of people are still making more than min wage though.
It doesn't matter how much they are being paid hourly, it matters how much they earn a year. One could be paid 8.50 an hour but could still be reduced to working part time.
According to conservative logic, it should. After all, it would motivate them to look, and instead of paying taxes towards welfare, the taxpayers will be spending their money, with some of that money going to the workers.
However, the number of people depending on the government to maintain their standard of living has grown so large that eliminating welfare will cause people to riot. Such riots will only empower those sustaining the said dependent life style. It's a downward cycle that can only be stopped by getting the poor to lower their standard of living...
So how exactly do you do THAT?
How about going back to the original function and purpose of Welfare, and only providing it to the people who need it, and not allow the politicians to expand it to cover everyone who has their hand out?
For example, the government is cutting the monetary amount of assistance that is provided by Food Stamps. Is this because the people in need don't require as much food any more, or is it because we lowered the bar, and tens of millions more collecting Food Stamps, means the program is running over budget? So the people who the program was designed for are getting screwed, just so politicians can buy votes.
According to conservative logic, it should. After all, it would motivate them to look, and instead of paying taxes towards welfare, the taxpayers will be spending their money, with some of that money going to the workers.
However, the number of people depending on the government to maintain their standard of living has grown so large that eliminating welfare will cause people to riot. Such riots will only empower those sustaining the said dependent life style. It's a downward cycle that can only be stopped by getting the poor to lower their standard of living...
So how exactly do you do THAT?
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