Welfare is necessary for those who are in genuine need, regardless of how the howling mob see them as unfit for society. It would be hard to come up with a better example of someone in genuine need than a single mother with seven children. Expecting her to go out and get a job is delusional at best.
As far as career welfare recipients who are able bodied and able minded and could be working, the US model works best imo. Give them six months welfare with the upfront understanding it will not be extended. Or go to the Japanese model and have them do something productive* for the money they receive, cleaning the streets, etc.
If you question welfare here itās taken that your hate filled or racist or anti traveller as some fuckwit claimed today.
Iām merely about a fairer society for all. Where every citizen feels valued and contributes to society.but youāre not allowed challenge the status quo at allā¦
For every able bodied and able minded unemployed welfare recipient, there are hundreds doing menial jobs for effectively the same money. No able bodied able minded person should get paid for sitting on their holes.
The Japanese model is much more ācruelā than the American system. If you are an adult younger than 65 and not disabled your choices are take a menial government job or find a family member to help you. Japan spends 14% of itās GDP on social welfare compared to the mid 20s in western Europe.
It has certainly destroyed African American communities. Chicago is a shining example of how welfare improves the lives of people. So much so the jackass Eric Holder will likely be the next Democratic nominee for president.
The state should engage in the rapid build of high density basic dwellings for people who canāt afford their own.
Itās a big problem that I work 60 hours a week to afford a nice house while the state must provide a house of equal āstandardā to someone who doesnt pull rheir own weight.
The building standards changed during the crash which meant it hasnāt been feasible to build and sell family houses outside of Dublin and a few other large urban areas.
Dont blame private developers for that itās basic addition and subtraction. Itās just too expensive to build.
They should procure land and build emergency high density cheap housing to get families off the streets and out of garda stations or wherever these thousands of homeless families are.
People in desperate situations have to start somewhere but why should they start at a place it has taken me 30 years of hard graft to get to?
Yeah what lads fail to realise is the Local authority are renting houses and competing with workers to give those houses to unemployed people. That causes rents to rise as supply is eaten up. So a working person is competing for a house with an unemployed person. The worker often shares a house with strangers.