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Why do so many people lay on welfare for a lot of their lives?

I just wanted to ask this, because I think it's a huge problem with our government funding. I live in Atlanta, Georgia...apparently Georgia is VERY lenient (more so than other states) regarding welfare, WIC, section 8, etc. Mostly, the blacks/african americans/whatever they want to be called, are getting welfare benefits such as the above listed. Yet they seem to live a lot better than most of the people who work a regular job and barely try to get by. I know that welfare is funded by our tax money, of course. I find this very frustrating, because I do not feel that I should have to pay for someone's illegitimate child that they don't want to work to pay for, because they couldn't quit sleeping around with every "baby's momma" and "baby's daddy" in town. In my area, most of the black people HAVE the good jobs...and seem to get section 8, welfare, WIC and just about everything else 'free' that they can get. Yet I've worked with and encountered I don't know how many people, who said their money from working their actual job, was going to be used to get their hair and nails done. Nails might be $50 to $150 every couple of weeks to a month; and hair can run into the hundreds of dollars per couple of weeks to a month. Umm...what exactly am I missing here that these people are so 'poor' that they need 'welfare' for? I find it highly offending that someone can get the government to pay half of their rent...yet as a white person, we never could get welfare even though I grew up in a very low income family. What kind of bs society are we turning into? I'm sure that someone is going to comment and say "welfare is for helping people who don't make enough." I don't think 90% of America "makes enough" technically to provide for their family 100% of the time and do everything they need to do in life. But...we don't get free stuff. I am not 'racist'...however, it doesn't take a genius to see that most of the black people have the high paying jobs around here and also seem to get welfare at the same time. The government is going broke....and people are sitting there watching it do so. Finally, it seems that the government is encouraging people to have more children, as if we need more added to the 6+ million people in 29 counties of the Atlanta Metro area already. For each child that they have without knowing "who the father is"...the government pays them so much more each month, per child. Does anyone else find this sickening? I was raised by a mother for half of my life, because I lost my father when I was very young. But...without welfare, my mother raised my brother and I. No government handouts, no 'section 8'...none of this nonsense. Will 'welfare' ever be discontinued or will it take our government going broke to wake everybody up and end the program unwillingly? Uh...it's not possible to go "ask the black people" as one user put it. So I'm asking the general U.S. society on here (at least, those who use Y! Answers). Some people don't seem to care one way or another how their money is spent - but you know, this does affect our taxes in a huge way. Huh...that's funny. So you're telling me that you would rather pay your taxes (yes, this SHOULD be an issue for you, I don't know why it's not?) for the rest of your life for people who don't want to work and/or try to get by the system so they can get more of the money you had to work for and pay taxes with?

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wow,Talk about racism, i dont think what your talking about is everyone just the people you know,or see so you shouldnt be really saying anything what are they suppose to do sign a petetion saying no welfare for the black people who spend there money on useless shit,no,if they rather spend there money on what they want than what they need so be it your not the only one paying taxes ,and everyone has to pay taxes
Why are you asking us like WE know the answer? Try asking the Black people that you notice with the problem. And wow. You just wrote an entire essay over something that shouldn't even bother you. You aren't Black, and you aren't getting government help, so don't let it stress you. Live your own life. "Uh...it's not possible to go "ask the black people" as one user put it." Well, if you can classify every Black person in Atlanta in one way, then I'm sure you can ask all of them personally. But get real. You know that isn't what I meant. I mean, why don't you find one of the Blacks that get government help, ask him/her. They can give you a better answer. "So you're telling me that you would rather pay your taxes" I don't have to pay taxes yet, I'm a little girl.
This is my spin on things. I thing many people have whats called the generational hand me downs. Many people on well fare, its not just africans but I know mostly everyone in my town whos caucasion are on well fare. I dont think your rasict. Thats what a lot of people think. I feel bad because a lot a times these people on welfare are being told by their parents that they can do nothing. I think a lot of people want to be successful and work hard and be somebody in life, but they feel like failures. Ever see children be abused by parents, and their parents have been abused. Thats a generational thing. Thats what people go through. Sad but I know people who turn their live s around. They can to. Nobody is a failure or will remain a failure.
To start off I dont find your question racist or offensive and who ever think so probably they are on welfare because they are lazy. Many people are on welfare because they need it, maybe they are disable or they just loose their job. But in many cases there is people on welfare just to not work or to not work hard. In my community you see that all the time specially on women. Women on my community rely on state and federal welfare programs for everything, food, medical care, clothing, housing, you name it. This women in my town just sit (or sleep I might say) to have babies and get government money and if the check is not enough they have another baby. They dont work but you can see them with better life quality than a working couple.
Ugh tell me about it... I don't think it's fair that the working class (tax-payers) and the government should have to pay for other people's babies or food. I guess the program is there so they are just taking advantage of it.
My sister had a premature child that got sick all the time and he is 17 months. He is just now starting to get sick less often. My sister couldn't be taking off work all the time and so has been collecting welfare after her and her man broke uo when the baby was 5 months. She is a straight A student. She plans on going back to work soon as the baby is well enough. She will finish prerequisites for nursing Spring 2009 and took a Phlebotomy class over the summer, so she can work in the field, have flexible scheduling, and get off hopefully by the end of this year. She will transfer to Ca. state university, Long Beach in Fall 2009 to work on a B.S.N. and become a mother baby nurse.