Could we clear the welfare rolls of abusers if we required work for the welfare benefits right away?

I'm thinking that taxpaying citizens could sign up for ';welfare recipient yard service'; or ';welfare recipient car washing';...something where the person who is paying the bill gets something in return. Likewise, the welfare recipient gets the sense of earning the pay through work, rather than being able to fill out forms and meet eligibility standards.





Would that chase away people who are just abusing the system, and never intended to work?Could we clear the welfare rolls of abusers if we required work for the welfare benefits right away?
I live in the 'cradle of Civilization';, Mississippi. We used to have small factories in the small towns and that is how people worked. They made a little over minimum wage.





Then they started moving them to Mexico for ';cheap'; labor. Well a small town with 60-100 people out of work lead to welfare. Next large town is 65 miles away.





now i notice on like underwear they are made in the countries south of Russia. We are sending everything out of the country. We are allowing the country to be flooded with folks that will take less to work. So stop them and give the others a job.





I think it is crazy to say you can not find someone to pick say lettuce. What do they pay them. If a person can pick 100 heads an hour and you paid them $10 an hour, then the cost would be 10 cents a head. So instead of paying 99 cents a head, here we would pay $1.09 a head. So I wonder what the people are paid now. Then again they don't pay FICA, unemployment, workers comp and much more.





The system breeds one parent families. I had a guy with a wife and 4 kids tell me he could get a job at Walmart, but he had a child that needed medical care. He showed me how it was worth $60,000 to stay on welfare and ';live'; away from his family. Some programs here have free babysitting for single moms to help and also provide a ride to work. this helps them get on their feet.





My point is that we have shipped so much overseas and for what. Like the Micheal Jordan shoes that sold for $100 and only cost $2 to make in China.. It does not cost much to ship them here, but if made here they might cost $10 to make. It just does not add up.





It is like they are trying to make us a welfare state. But that is a good point, I bet a bunch would not show up.





You know Trent Lott, senator of Mississippi just resigned, he will join his son as a lobbyist. Some of the presidential candidates pull in 700,000 plus from lobbyist. the majority leaders the most. Many have sons, daughters and other family memebers on lobbyist payrolls. They also have their families on the payrolls. this is not right and something needs to change. Bring the business back. Just about everything is made under American sluprervision in China now and we know how good that is with the toys. Take care. Merry Christmas.Could we clear the welfare rolls of abusers if we required work for the welfare benefits right away?
I think that's a great idea. I guess the only problem might be the quality of work you are going to get from some of the lifers in the program. I would rather see a limit put on the benefits. Welfare was never meant to be a career, it was meant to be short term aid to help people down on their luck get back on their feet.
Jeeze, haven't you heard? Bubba Billy fixed that years ago. ';Welfare no longer exists as we know it.'; And crime too, ';I am putting 100K cops on the streets';. Now some people actually want them back. Go figure.
People abuse the welfare system? Who would have thunk it! LOL





Good thought but I doubt that it would work.
Well, getting a person who is capable of working a ligament job would be a lasting benefit. But, the problem is that jobs even for those who want one, are on a whole few and far between.
';workfare'; has been marginally successful but the very term 'abuse' is a loaded one.





I suppose if you cut off welfare to US corporations, I might go along with trying this experiment. Or lifetime health benefits for retired politicians.





Personally I find it hard to begrudge some old drunk some food stamps when halliburton is robbing me blind in sums of money that would make welfare pale by comparison.
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.


~Thomas Jefferson~