welfare/ workfare

deafdriscoll · #1 09-28-2011, 12:11 PM

should welfare be changed to make them work for a pay check?

Digging4Truth · #2 09-28-2011, 02:41 PM

Absolutely.

If someone is drawing a regular paycheck why shouldn't the government get some labor out of it.

Ferd · #3 09-28-2011, 02:43 PM

They should have to work and they should have to prove they have spent time looking for a job.

Digging4Truth · #4 09-28-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferd

They should have to work and they should have to prove they have spent time looking for a job.

Yep... job searching would be an excusable absense which requires some proof of where you went and how long the interviewing process took.

Dagwood · #5 09-28-2011, 04:16 PM

Yes, yes, yes!

And, mandate drug tests on those who seek welfare. I don't care what the reason is.

Report monthly living and entertainment expenses.

Also, don't allow $30k-$50k cars belonging to other people (those who work) to be driven by those on welfare -- they're poor enough to seek government assitance, they shouldn't be driving their momma's, daddy's, aunties, or granny's Escalade, Mercedes, BMW, etc.

I could go on...

Hoovie · #6 09-28-2011, 07:41 PM

Not in favor of adding to the gov bureaucracy. Welfare should not be a Federal program and I have my doubts whether it should exist in any gov form.

Praxeas · #7 09-28-2011, 08:40 PM

No, they should be helped/trained to get off welfare and enter the public work sector. There are too many government workers now

RevDWW · #8 09-28-2011, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoovie

Not in favor of adding to the gov bureaucracy. Welfare should not be a Federal program and I have my doubts whether it should exist in any gov form.

I agree. Charity should be done at the commnity level. If a man wants to eat he should work.

2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
2Th 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
2Th 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2Th 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

Digging4Truth · #9 09-29-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoovie

Not in favor of adding to the gov bureaucracy. Welfare should not be a Federal program and I have my doubts whether it should exist in any gov form.

Yep... that's the best case scenario.

I was answering on the basis of... since they're getting a check... shouldn't they work.

But... all in all what you present is my most preferred option.