Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Welfare annoys me sometimes

I need a snickers? I guess?




The point is, we as a nation spend a lot of money on social welfare programs and so far we (as a nation) don't seem to be getting much back out of it. And that's regardless of who the money goes to. At the risk of being overtly an asshole, I'm beginning to feel a few things.
  1. If you go on welfare, you have to get birth control implants. I'm fine with you having sex how you want, as much as you want and with whomever you wish. I don't think that obligates me to pay for your fuck-ups when they happen. Stop having kids you can't afford and expecting me to pay for it.
  2. If you go on welfare, you should be drug tested. If you're positive, you lose the payment(s) in whatever fashion you're receiving them. You at least have to enter some form of treatment. Not sure about exactly how to handle this one once we get past the positive test portion of the festivities, but I know you shouldn't be able to lie around and do drugs while I work to pay for your living expenses.
  3. if you go on welfare, you have to report each workday morning at a site to be determined and do work. It can anything from data entry to digging ditches, but you have to make yourself useful. Allowances will be made for job interviews, dr. appointments, school etc. This will not be considered "employment" and thus will not be subject to OT, vacations, holidays, labor acts and any of the other myriad bullshit that Congress has come up with over the years to burden the system. You will not be in a union, will not be eligible for union membership and will not be subject to any sort of unionization drives or any rules and regulations that the Federal, State or Local governments have come up with that govern unions.
  4. If you go on welfare, you can't stay for the rest of your life. We as the voters need to set limits on how long you can stay. The work in section 3 is intended to give you some sort of skills that can be supplemented with attendance at a local community college, 4 year college, technical school etc. so you can get a real job.
  5. If you go on welfare, you don't need cable..at least not anything beyond basic cable. You don't need 100/100 GB internet either. You don't need a smartphone, you can get by with a flip phone.
  6. I'm inclined, although this is almost assuredly unconstitutional, to push for loss of voting privileges. I want everybody to vote, but if you're on welfare, you're sort of conflicted. By definition, you should vote for whoever gives you the most.
The corollary of my points is,  You do deserve the following: A safe space to live, heat/cooling, basic utilities, health services, schooling as needed and some form of safe, reliable and on-time transportation.


That's it. My 5 (and one unconstitutional bonus) point plan for redoing welfare. I know most of the planet will hate it, but hey, what are blogs for except to put up opinions and then let the world ignore them.  In addition, I reserve the right to add more points should some occur to me.







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