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OK I know I am going to ruffle a few feathers here, that said, after reading the article, I find it to be a bit un-inspiring, OK the gist was they found their way out of welfare, but I can tell you right now they would have never gotten out of poverty if not for those social programs, they were meant to give a leg up, not to be a life style, that came about because of abuse and a poorly written law. Had it been written into law that it was only temporary, or you were required to do some form of community service to keep getting a check, there would have been the problem?
I would venture to say that we would look more like Mexico sooner, had there not been these programs to help people, to a point we do have a socialist government, and always have, we use it for the fire department, the police department, schools, water highways it goes on and on, so yes we have to pay taxes so that we can enjoy a civilized society, one with clean drinking water and sewage, fire fighters, police, and yes even teachers, and in my opinion it should be for healthcare as well, as human beings we should have enough empathy to not want to see our neighbors suffering, we are a compassionate people and I would hope that would never change, our compassion for people is what brought about welfare, and it was a good thing, I never used it, nor anyone in my family, but I do have enough compassion to not want to see people suffer from poverty, for whatever reason weather do to a loss of a job, or a single mother I do not want to see it in my country! Nor do I want to see people suffering or loosing there house because they have a medical condition, so to a point we are and always will be a socialist government, but then even in the constitution its starts We the people for the people and by the people in order to form a more perfect union. THAT’S SOCIALIST! Now it's to what degree, you can still have a free market and have social programs.
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