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Originally Posted by vid
Many aspects of the welfare system are set up to trap people in it. It's especially bad with aboriginals where our laws are basically written so that they have little choice but welfare. That has to change.
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I really don't buy that. Anyone with real ambition can lift themselves from the despair of poverty. It happens all the time.
We need to distinguish the various users of welfare. There are those that absolutely genuinely need it. For those people the social safety net could probably do more.
Then there are those that abuse the system. The multi-generational welfare abusers. Those that could work but choose not to. Those that pop out babies like pez dispensers. Those that drink and smoke while the children eat junk. Or not at all.
We empower too many by allowing this abuse. There are jobs out there. There are schools out there. If you are on welfare the very least you can do is get an education. That is the first step in lifting oneself out of the "trap" that is welfare.