Reply #16: I once read (somewhere) that it costs $40K per family [View All]

[SoCalDem]

to administer "aid" and goodness knows how much it costs per person to incarcerate them for drug/property crimes..

Wouldn't it really be more cost effective, and a boost to the economy to just "eliminate the middle man" altogether??

Contrary to the rightwing notion of the "welfare queen in the furcoat, behind the wheel of a cadillac", most downtrodden people do not even get welfare.. Most are probably too proud, or not quite poor enough to qualify..

Consider also, that the "help" is very much like the carrot on the stick, dangled in front of the draft horse.. Almost reachable,but never gonna get it..

If a family (or individual) gets $100 less per month than they "need" to live on, they will NEVER ...EVER... get ahead..

.. Poverty reduction is nibbled to death by gnats, and nothing bold enough to make a difference will ever be done..