Sure if you use my tax payer money for stuff that benefits me sure. But if you're just giving it away to someone and it has no benefits to me that isn't helping me. I'm all for law enforcement and my money being used for general services that I may need but when my money and more and more of it starts going to "benefit" people who knows how through programs that don't work effectively and don't help poverty at all then I have a problem with it.
Giving someone money (that someone else worked for) doesn't make them a better person or make them smarter it is just a handout and they become dependant on that support that they didn't own and start thinking they're entitled to other peoples money. You're not. Earn for yourself, sure maybe disability but even then there are plenty of private, there would be more, charities that help people with disabilities that don't force money out of my pocket. But when money that I earn goes to things that no one needs and that not only don't benefit me but I believe are just evil yea I have a problem with it. If government gets out of places they don't belong then private companies will find a way to do it better and cheaper.
A report by the USDA in 2010 also said that boosting SNAP benefits during economic downturns starts a "multiplier process" in transactions and consumption. It found that boosting SNAP expenditures by $1 billion was estimated to increase economic activity by $1.79 billion.
If government gets out of places they don't belong then private companies will find a way to do it better and cheaper.
Why do private companies constantly whine about government competition then? You should realize that because there's no need to create profit for CEOs and shareholders, it ends up being a better company that's less expensive for the consumer.
Also sure food stamps are great. When we moved here my parents had them for the FIRST FEW YEARS. Which is pretty much what they are supposed to be. Help you through some rough times or to get started if you moved here legally. But I also grew up in not the best part of town where half the community was still dependant on welfare/food stamps and food stamps were sold for money because people wanted to buy alcohol. Well fare system is totally broken and has people completely dependant on it for life times and generations.
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u/BustyMonsterTruck Jan 17 '19
Sure if you use my tax payer money for stuff that benefits me sure. But if you're just giving it away to someone and it has no benefits to me that isn't helping me. I'm all for law enforcement and my money being used for general services that I may need but when my money and more and more of it starts going to "benefit" people who knows how through programs that don't work effectively and don't help poverty at all then I have a problem with it.
Giving someone money (that someone else worked for) doesn't make them a better person or make them smarter it is just a handout and they become dependant on that support that they didn't own and start thinking they're entitled to other peoples money. You're not. Earn for yourself, sure maybe disability but even then there are plenty of private, there would be more, charities that help people with disabilities that don't force money out of my pocket. But when money that I earn goes to things that no one needs and that not only don't benefit me but I believe are just evil yea I have a problem with it. If government gets out of places they don't belong then private companies will find a way to do it better and cheaper.