How would America handle socialistic programs being shut down?

[kain_kusanagi]

Mr Khan said:

kain_kusanagi said:

We aren't sick of paying for the poor, elderly, and insane. We are sick of paying for those that abuse the system and don't deserve it.

Instead of cutting the programs we just need to kick people off the dole that don't deserve it.

My money shouldn't go to a third generation welfare abuser who gets free money and housing and uses his checks to buy beer and cigarettes.

I agree with this. The government should promote welfare and betterment in those who place their economic welfare into its hands, such that they will get no actual money period, but only entitlements to certain things (housing, clothing, health care, food, access to transportation, mandatory education or employment training so long as they're not too unhealthy to do so), and that the things they are given should be only what they need to be given. For instance, food stamps should only cover healthy food.

Yep. I'd be happy to pay taxes if it went to that. The current system is broken and lets people live on welfare with free housing better than people working a full time min-wage job.

Welfare should be a hand up not a hand out.

We don't need to steal money from important stuff like defense to fund lazy deadbeats who have figured out how to game the system forever.