What Good Is A Safety Net?
http://www.chn.org/2014/11/07/good-safety-net/#.VF-HZDTF-gT
America’s safety net is one of our most maligned and threatened public institutions, where attacks rely on arguments about decreasing the size of government and “entitlement reform.” But a funny thing happens when you ask Americans what they are willing to cut: the answer is,
not much. Americans recognize that our safety net provides stability and security to our loved ones and our communities. These aren’t far-off programs that help people somewhere else. They’re programs that touch the lives of the people you interact with every day.
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What’s more, Americans are willing to pay for these programs:
Solid majorities of Americans across all age groups want to maintain or increase Social Security spending, and many want to do so by raising payroll taxes and raising or eliminating the earnings cap.
Late last year as unemployment benefits ran out for millions of Americans still out of work after the recession, a majority of Americans supported extending those benefits.
More than 70% of Americans supported maintaining or increasing aid to the needy, and more Americans would increase than decrease such aid.
A good read which cannot be distilled to four paragraphs.
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