Is welfare pointless

  • Thread starter Thread starter morganist
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I think the main issue is peoples own intentions. Some people have more children because they want them without consideration. Other sadly want more children because they can get income from them in some shape or form. In western countries children provide an income from social security cheques. One post I did recently stated child birth rates rose in the recession. This is in my opinion due to the income people can get from the children to compensate for lost earning income.
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In California, if you have a child (anyone under 18), even a multi-millionaire with "low income" can get food stamps and other assistance.

Without a child, a person with no-income cannot get food stamp until the person is down to last $2000 in liquid asset. So if a person has small IRA, that would prevent the person from getting help until the IRA is almost exhausted. With a child, you can get help so long as you have "low income", they can have millions in liquid asset and still get government assistance.
 
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