We need welfare reform once again instead of all the free giveaways. It is time that the money spent to support these families turn into low-interest loans. I think most of us would agree that the children shouldn’t have to live in poverty, go to bed hungry or live without medical care because their parents made bad decisions in having children they can’t afford.
We offer these people food stamps, reduced-cost or free lunches in school, housing assistance, medical aid and school grants—all at a huge cost to the federal and state governments. I’m done seeing my taxes go to encourage the abuse of our welfare system.
If these people would be required to repay all their government handouts after their children turn 18 or finish high school, just maybe we could have a true welfare system that is fair to the children and the taxpayers who made the right decisions to live within their means.
And, hell, yes: Drug test anyone who is receiving welfare benefits, including children who are 16 and over. It’s only fair that, if most of us who are paying into the system are forced to submit to random drug tests, then so should the people getting the benefits.
Dan Senglaub
Bountiful
I am the original poster to this letter, I want to make it clear that City Weekly took it upon themselves to rewrite the Header to this letter “No Bailouts for the Poor” No where in this letter do I mention that the government shouldn’t help poor people who chose to have children they cant care for. In fact I state that we should help these citizens out.
And if the editor of this paper wants to refer welfare to the “government bailouts” I am all in favor of it. Because if you really think about it the bailouts are government backed low interest loans that is financially helping an industry to recover after making bad decisions and being irresponsible. It’s just like those people who have made poor decision and end up needing govement assistance. It is very similar to these companies that have taken the government bailout (loans). And they too are required to pay the taxpayers back.
So if editor of this paper wants to refer welfar to a government bailout that can only mean that he/she must aree with me that the recipients of welfare should also repay their dept to the tax payers. Unless the editor believe that these bailouts should just be a free handout (Bailouts = welfare same thing).