When Welfare Goes Wrong...

[Bullitt]

In my mind, it is not the government's job to babysit you and coddle you when you're down and out. The gov. is there to promote social stability, protect rights, and support public works such as roads, parks, etc.; it should not be a nanny-state like this because all they are doing is giving people a ticket out of personal responsibility. My parents came from very little (running around barefoot in the ghetto) and have worked damn hard to bring themselves up and get where they are today. People who don't do the same don't deserve jack shit. I'm sorry if you have a disability, etc. but that's life and if you don't want a huge bloated government that wastes billions of dollars, then don't ask for programs and handouts.

On the flip side, if we do continue these programs, there should be extremely strict regulations and time limits put into place. Documented, current proof of disability or illness signed off by a legit medical professional in order to receive benefits. A time limit on how long you can be supported by unemployment with no option for extension except for acceptable unforeseen documented medical circumstances, etc.

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this too, screw it, but as much as it would be an invasion of privacy, etc., I think people should have to go through a review and approval process before reproducing. People who want to adopt have to go through the same thing, why shouldn't dumbasses and drug addicts have to do the same? People who do not have the independent monetary ability to properly care for children should not be allowed to have children; it's child cruelty to allow a child to live in squalor just because a couple of morons decided they wanted a baby. We're overpopulated as it is and huge numbers of kids are cycling through foster homes waiting to be adopted. Same reasoning for why I will never purchase a dog but instead adopt one from a shelter, and encourage all who know me to do the same.

I have no pity for people who live off of the system and don't work as hard as my parents did to better their lives. I probably sound like an asshole right now but oh well, flamesuit on.