Do people actually understand how welfare in America works?

[richardhutnik]

SamuelRSmith said:

richardhutnik said:

And even a charity, properly run, is a business.  Charities have other motives besides the accumulation of money beyond what they need (aka, profit) but they need to be run as businesses to be able to exist.

I'm going to be honest, it came as a massive shock to me when I found out that charities engaged in lobbying.

Everyone tries to game the system, when large enough, and metagame it, in that they will look to write the rules to their advantage.  Recognized charities are corporations after all, and function like them, just with the motivation to accomplish a mission that isn't accumulating extra cash: This is why they are called non-profit corporations.

On that note, I get a bit of a kick out of when I hear someone go, "But I got rich playing by the rules" and then they go off and lobby to have the rules change to suit them.  Part of what has been in Occupy is to try to bring this to light and say those with money have an easier time to rig the system to their favor.  Of course, considering how much rabble floats around in Occupy, that has been lost by a hundred of other messages that has people arguing Occupy is about getting freebies, and doing drugs in tents in parks.  It happens.  Shame that that part gets lost, as it is one that could have a good impact.