nightsurge said:
In what form of payment does SNAP come in? Debit card? Stamps? Direct Deposit into an account? Can cash be withdrawn? I don't know how most of the systems work in actually giving money to the individuals since I've never needed it, but it seems to me that if ANY of them allow cash to be withdrawn then there is no way for them to track or enforce any laws banning certain purchases with those funds. What I do know is that a friend of mine recently had a child and OF HER OWN FREE WILL decided to terminate the relationship with the guy because she "didn't want to marry him." I have nothing wrong with this decision, but now she freely collects child support and some form of welfare (not sure which). She lives with her parents and has basically 0 expenses other than food and clothes which her parents provide or help with. Child support pays for all the food/clothing of the kid. This friend even has a degree and a part-time job. What does she do with the welfare? Buy an audio system for her car. Why doesn't she just go get a dental hygenist job like her degree is for? Because she is lazy. She would rather soak up the free money than get a full time job and pay for childcare. She relies on her parents and friends to watch her kid while she still goes out drinking/partying. She is 25 years old and the child is about 1 year old. I'm sure that there have to be better ways to distribute this kind of help so that the money can't be used on wasteful spending like a car audio system or beer/alcohol/partying. |
You sir get. You've seen what I've seen. Too bad that people who defend the current system refuse to accept that abusers take advantage of the kindness of others. That blind kindness isn't something we can afford anymore.
The same goes for foreign aid. We need to stop send billings to other countries and barrowing to do it. Some foreign aid saves lives, other foreign makes no sense at all. Why do we send weapons to Saudi Arabia? Why do we send money to Russia? Paying Egype not to attack Isreal made sense when it's governement wasn't bat shit crazy, now they'll take the money and do it anyway.
We can't afford to send money in every direction.