Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
We start a new age "Conservation Corps"? If you don't know what the Conservation Corps was... then you are either.
A. Too young
B. Too ignorant of history
What my proposal for welfare reform is this:
We have a crumbling infrastructure.. our roads and bridges suck, our water supplies are outdated, our electrical grid runs at approximately 34% EFFICIENCY!!!!
Let's get our current welfare recipients working.... for... you guessed it... The Federal Government.
Now before you scream socialism(like you always do), hear me out. In the beginning, we take our welfare folks and mandate them to work for their benefits. We train them, we offer them child care(for those single mothers out there), and we make the jobs as conveniently located as possible.
NOW... pay attention... IT WILL COST MORE TO DO THIS THAN THE CURRENT MODEL!
But, you will be getting something for your tax dollar, won't you? Not only that, but I personally feel that a sense of EMPOWERMENT beats a sense of ENTITLEMENT tenfold. You get these people into a real world working environment and most of them will respond.
Sure... there may be a certain percentage that will be a ditch digger for the rest of their lives, but so what? Even as a ditch digger, you are getting productivity for your tax dollar.
One, you have no idea how ownership of and responsibility for our "infrastructure" is organized.
Two, you have no idea how such things are funded.
Three, you're dumb enough to believe the problem is that not enough money is currently being spent, rather than that it is misspent.
Four, you're dumb enough to believe that the federal government has even more money to throw after the money that's already being misspent.
Five, you mistakenly think that it is the American taxpayer's responsibility to give people jobs.
Six, you think the federal government isn't ALREADY paying for welfare recipients to get training, daycare during training, etc.
Other than that, your idea is interesting.