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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich said it well in 2001. "We Are All Third Wayers Now" 4 common ideas at the core. [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)The most ludicrous part about this is the 5 year limit on welfare because it takes around 3 years to get anything done on the OTHER side of government programs that are supposed to help you get work - department of rehabilitation, social services, etc. Bureaucracies move incredibly slowly! Just the process of your own job hunt is slow when every job has a "process" that involves 3 interviews (if you're lucky enough to get that far).
This 5 year limit on welfare assumes you will only take one major Recession/Depression "hit" in your lifetime when the retirement goalpost is being moved back all the time! Let us not forget that people are often forced to live on welfare during the THREE year process it takes to get SSI. Let's say their health improves and they go back to work later. If they have to apply for SSI/SSDI again, they will not be able to survive another THREE YEAR hit!
Stop punishing people on the bottom until work magically appears for them! Provide work for them, and *poof*, watch how fast they will be off a system that is ONLY A LOAN and doesn't provide any direct cash for basic necessities. The current welfare system is so FUBAR and so wrong, but the people who have never been on it won't press to do anything about it because you don't understand unless you've seen it yourself.