Subject: by BeachBum on 2011/8/14 2:53:25 VetteBlondie, I pretty much agree with you.... I think its horrible that a certain breed of people take advantage of the system. In fact, I think people on both sides of the aisle do not approve of this. The problem comes in, that on the flip-side, there are a lot of hard-working people who truly need and should receive assistance due to legitimate hard-luck issues related to the this economic environment. We can't end the programs because of them, but the desire of policymakers diminishes due to the 1st group of abusers. No easy answers.... I've always felt that better management of entitlement programs was necessary. The distinct goal of getting people off entitlements and/or confirming abuse, thus kicking them off. Problem is, it would be costly in the beginning due to the manpower/management to really get involved with people on entitlement programs to understand their problems and which group they are in and how to help them. Nobody would vote to initially put more money into something we hope to reduce or eliminate in the first place. But, I feel long term it would be cheaper, that is, if done right and they are actually able to get people off. But, I don't know.... complex problem. As far as illegal residents receiving healthcare in this country, if they are here just to abuse the system (and many probably are), then no, but on the flip-side, as per the links I posted much earlier in this thread, millions are paying Federal, State & Local taxes just like you and me....so I'm not so quick to just automatically declare all of them in-elgible for any benefits. Another tough subject matter in which I'll never pretend to know the answers too... because I don't know them. I do think we need to lock-up the borders and know who is coming and going.... makes too much sense in today's world of terrorism. |
