The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About

[arcane1]

What do you imagine when you hear the word "welfare"? Most of us think of a minority living in a filthy house with five kids running around while an alcoholic dad sleeps it off face down on the couch ... if there's even a dad at all. I talked in another article about the things politicians will never understand about poor people, but it's not just Washington elites who treat the poor like an alien species. Hell, I find myself thinking in "welfare queen" stereotypes, and I grew up among them.

The problem is that everyone -- from the news media to well-meaning activists -- refer to "the poor" as one group having the same problem, when in reality no two people are in the category for the same reason, and almost none fall neatly into the stereotype. Right now there are millions of people out there who are using government assistance because they are ...



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[LWolf]

1. I'm clearly not "most of us,"

since I know better.

But then, I'm one of those money-grubbing union thugs known as teachers.

[The Magistrate]

2. Pretty Good Article, Sir

A lot of truth in it.

[ck4829]

3. K&R. We can't have the vicious circles and the American dream at the same time.

You pick yourself up and start making money with help from welfare? BOOM! Now that you have a job and you're making 1 dollar more than qualifies you, you apparently don't need welfare anymore, but soon you're struggling again.

You lose a car or phone service? BOOM! You're out of a job.

You've been unemployed for longer than most people? BOOM! Don't even think of applying here.

We have so many people who expect all the 'welfare queens' to just pick themselves up by their bootstraps, all the while they vote for, and support, a system that sets them up to fail.

[Myrina]

5. The term 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' is an oxymoron.

If you're wearing boots, and you bend over and try to pull yourself up by them ... well, you can't.
It's impossible.
So, the use of the term to describe a 'self-made' (man/woman) is inherently flawed.


I didn't realize that until one of my college profs (a socialist from the UK) pointed that out.

[DrewFlorida]

4. This article is severely lacking. It makes no mention what so ever of "Corporate Welfare".

Corporate welfare is the worst type of all, it lines the pockets of those who least need it.