Being in the Social Services field I see both sides of the issue. Problem is there are more people who know how to work the system then there are who honestly just need a little help. Once you get the assistance, it's not hard to figure out that it's easy money and you don't really have to do much to stay on it for several years. Dumbasses think they can't be heard sitting in the waiting room but they tell each other how to lie and cheat. Specially the welfare jokers who have several children and change head of household every couple years to keep the checks rolling in . Then of course they get free child support for 18 + years depending on the states age of emancipation, free court filing, accounting etc.. it doesn't take long to see how it drags society down with no end in sight. And let's not even talk about illegals.
I started drafting something years ago that I never finished about states starting a program that not only gives people skilss, but utilizes the ones they have that helps not only the community, but gives back to the worker and creates employment. For example... There are far too many people rotting in prison that have construction skills. If you take the ones (non violent offenders of course) that want to work, put them through a state run program and have them start to work on houses in run down neighborhoods for people that can't afford private contractors, you start to improve some of the blighted areas. While working on these details, you earn good time against your sentence. After a certain number of houses lets say, you then earn credits for fixing up your own house. This process not only gives skills, but it would help you move into possible ownership of your own company or a good leg up on getting a job with cooperating private companies. Of course you could do this with a number of fields.
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