Do you agree with the welfare system?

Well due to the fact that there are millions of people who DO work, but don't get paid enough to live on, nor do they get healthcare. I find usually the people who are against welfare and medical assistance, usually are ALSO against raising minimum wage for those who DO work, and don't belive an employer should provide health care. Should people just turn over and die? Why get your panties in a twist over someone who gets a little bit of food stamps, when billion dollar corporations are getting your tax dollars just to screw you over? If that wasn't bad enough, these billion dollar bisnesses get tax-breaks, while they are shippiing our jobs to China! I think you need to worry more about that!

That drives me crazy. I worked for 16 years putting into the system, but now that I lost my job, can't get one penny from it. I have a 7 month old and we do not have any health insurance. My husbands company has 4 people in it and they do not offer health insurance. We do not qualify for WIC or Medicaid, but rest assured every illegal alien in my town qualifies!!! My husband makes 40.00 over the limit for us to qualify for these things, and I can assure you that 40.00 does not pay for formula, baby food and any shots that he needs. It is so frustrating!!! I can't be bitter though, I have a baby to raise and I want to give him the best of both worlds, the good and the bad.

I think it's good for those who need it, but I know a ton of people who abuse it. Meanwhile, my family and I scrape by, paying for these bums to avoid work. I'm almost to the point of reporting some of these people. One girl at work, for instance, lies to welfare, telling them that we don't have the option to get medical insurance, just so she can get it for free through welfare. Meanwhile, my family pays over $400 a month for ours!! When I got laid off from my job, I went on WIC, because I had a newborn. But, I went out and got another job. Now, it seems like I work just to pay for these people to not work, or to have more money in their pockets.

I agree with you. I'm for welfare and medical assistance for those truly in need of it, but not for those who abuse the system. I know how prevalent it is from investigations done by local TV stations in South Florida. It makes me very mad when I hear of someone truly in need of temporary assistance that can't get it. Yet, our government is now allowing illegal aliens to apply for Social Security when they've never paid in. No wonder it may not be there for our children when they reach retirement age. That's one reason I decided to go ahead and start drawing mine at age 62. At the rate our government is going, it may not be there when I turn 65. I have a friend who is on disability and unable to work. She was getting about $600 a month, plus about $100 a month in food stamps for groceries. How can ANYONE live on that? Now her food stamps have been taken away, she's appealed it, but how is she supposed to eat in the meantime? The local food banks tell her they have no food, the churches aren't doing anything to help, she has no family, etc. I don't understand our government any more. They give tax breaks to the very wealthy, to large corporations, and to heck with helping those in real need. Pretty soon, there won't be a middle class and that scares me. I'm working very hard to stay there...forget about ever making the upper class...LOL.

We do need a welfare system. In a civilized society we should look after the disabled, handicapped, mentally ill and unemployable people (some of the unemployables have mental issues). We need to allow them a minimum standard of living and health care. However, as with everything in this world, there are users and abusers. The system needs to be tightened to weed out the welfare bums.

I am totally for welfare because I need to be on it. I actually have already applied for it. It's not something I will be on forever, just abusing the system. My job doesn't offer me benefits but I don't make enough to be able to afford them on my own. My fiance just got a job and is waiting for the guy to call him so he can start. So we make enough money to survive, we just can't afford insurance, bills, rent, gas, food, etc.

Yes, it is very abused.

yes there are goood for the humanity.... I believe everyone shoud contribute to it

i agree that a welfare system should be in place, however i also agree that the welfare system is highly abused. there are far too many people out there who take government assistance when they're able-bodied and capable of going out and finding employment to support themselves and their families.