Wednesday, October 31, 2007

My problem with goverment aide~

I have a big issue with the system and how goverment Aide works in some states. It seems like the less you try to better yourself the more money the govermemnt gives you to live. Ive seen so many cases where women work but still could use some aide but the goverment says they make to much money and do not qualify.

For instance say female A does not work does not have kids and has no physical reason she cant work but the goverment gives her food stamps. But female B works goes to school and pays for daycare but because she makes over a certain amount she does not qualify for the simplest forms of aide like WIC or even a daycare voucher.

Speaking of daycare vouchers and head start in some states a non-working parent will get a head start slot or daycare voucher before a working mother. What is their logic that the non-working mother needs to find a job? Please because alot of times she wont, i know some women who just coninue to have kids to get aide.

Of course that is not all cause some women use the system to get themselves established and get off cause in reality the system is not intended for long term use. However some get comfortable and continue to use the tax dollars of hard workingamericans who may need aide but can not get it cause the make over a certain amount of money.

Its funny the goverment can look at your yearly income and say oh she/hemakes to much but to they take into acount commutes to work and school, grocerys, electric, rent and school those are only a few necceseties lets not forget clothes and school supplies.


My problem is not with people that get aide it is the way others cant.

One more example is me as a singel mother i make enough to live I tried to get an apartment fairly new all icluded bills for a three bedroom rent was about 1300 a month but they told me I made to much are you serious they wanted me to make under a certain amount.. WOW thats about 16,000 a year in rent alone and they say you cant make more then 33,000 what in the world who making that can afford that.

Are system is flawed and seems to rather help some of those that dont even want to help themselves but wont help those hard working people that need it.

What do you think?

1 comment:

Big Mike said...

I don't know much about how the governemtn decides who gets what. If they take in to account your children, or number of children, cost of living in your area, or anything like that, but I hope they would. I would hope that you have to at least prove that you are looking for a job, if you don't have one. Also, I had on my blog, which I took from someone, and agree with. That if you want government aide you should have to pass random drug tests. That government aide comes out of people's paychecks, and why should they pay for someone to sit around and get high all day?