When Welfare Goes Wrong...

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Again, American vs UK citizens. It does seem that an awful lot of US citizens are genetically lazy. If they are not governed by a punitive system then they will take every opportunity not to work.

Luckily, there is only a minority of people in this country who live this way. Of course we have our own burden of the generally criminally minded, drug addicts of one sort of another etc. But I appreciate the American fear that if you had better welfare, just about every American would take advantage of it. We do have a welfare state and not every Brit takes advantage of it, lucky old us.

Americans are hard working. Americans hate welfare and would not take advantage of it in droves if the government offered better welfare. Europe doesn't. We are all of the same race. We are not genetically, generally or otherwise a lazy nation. It's a very small percent of people who abuse a system as it is in every good hard working country.

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

you mean a punitive system like the free market?

I don't know wtf she means.

Originally Posted by skysidhe

Genetically? I know you didn't mean genetically.

I hope.

I can't believe I picked out one word to focus on when the whole post is a horribly biased.

Americans are not genetically or any other way inclined to take advantage of welfare.

Americans broke from Britain which would make the genetically inclined laziness statement ironic at best.

Our founding fathers are probably rolling over in their graves.