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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
Entitlement Programs also include Social Security, Medicare and Unemployment insurance. I am not against any AMERICAN with a legitimate claim who has paid into the system utilizing the available benefits through Medicare, Social Security, or Unemployment. There are numerous examples of phony disability claims for Social Security which also entitles the recipient to Medicare at an early age.
Welfare makes up 10% of the entire Federal budget and in my opinion, based on my experience, 90% of the people collecting should be and could be working. There have been numerous examples of people using the cash portion of their benefits on cruise ships and at casinos. There is something about that that that makes me think these people aren't too needy.
A close friend had a part time employee and he offered to upgrade her to full time. She declined saying it would screw up her welfare. These things are happening every day across the country. The system has made it too easy to take the free ride.
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The last point is valid and shows why the system needs to be reformed. I also know someone who declined full time work as it would throw off her benefits. For her, she would make less, and be further below the poverty line, if she worked full time than part time with SNAP benefits. She is perfectly willing to work full time and have her benefits adjusted so that she is not worse off working full-time, but the program won't do that.
Regardless, these are eye-catching examples of a broken system that help to prove individual points and perspectives but do very little to address the real problem. I don't know the answer, but I wonder how much could be put back into the federal government if we clamped down on both corporations and individuals who are abusing the federal tax codes (and the medicare/medicaid billing process) through fraud? My guess, and it is just that, is that from an economic point of view our country would be better off chasing down those dollars.