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ROG62 » 25 Sep 2024, 10:07 am » wrote: ↑

25 Sep 2024, 10:07 am

My ex BIL back in the 80's had the perfect solution...

pay them like they do the migrant workers...

show up at a site
assign tasks whether it's ditch digging, road sweeping (with a broom) nothing glamorous...
at the end of the day, inspection required and paid accordingly...
nothing for sitting around..
you don't like it, get a job or starve...
hunger is a great incentivizer...

The gist of the article I pulled this from is that these 100 plus welfare programs are the primary driver of the US debt. The "transfers" to other countries are a drop in the bucket in comparison.

I have to hand it to Mom. She got pregnant in 1958 in high school and I came along in 1961. A few years later she was single with 2 young kids.  She never collected a dime in any type of assistance. Poverty was part of my life for most of my childhood years. She managed to survive and today I give her much credit for my own success. I haven't eaten a can of tuna fish since then.

It's a touchy subject but the line has to be drawn somewhere.