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If you'd ever been on welfare for an extended amount of time, you'd realise that it's actually seriously scary. You worry that at any moment, the Government mig
by vertex-four 12y ago
If you'd ever been on welfare for an extended amount of time, you'd realise that it's actually seriously scary. You worry that at any moment, the Government might take away some of your benefits, when you're literally at $0 at the end of every month.
- logicchains 12y agoIf the problem is benefits being taken away, doesn't that mean the problem is not with welfare but with the lack of it?
- vertex-four 12y agoWell, the problem is mostly that some significant number of voters hate the idea that their money is being spent on keeping someone else alive and well, so the Government is constantly changing who gets it and how much. The problem is that when you're living off someone else's goodwill - even if that someone is the Government - you're entirely dependent on them, and they can put you through whatever hardship they please.