Liberals vs. Conservatives: Welfare
FOR THE RECORD: I am politically a moderate.
Dooce made a post about Palin & Liberals vs. Conversatives in general. One part of her blog stuck out to me… I’m going to edit out a few parts so for the whole quote, visit the link:
But what about the family who cannot afford that insurance for their child? The family who can barely make rent, and if they stretch the budget they can eat three meals a day all week, let’s hope nothing bad happens to their kids because then they’re screwed. Kids, go hug your father, he’s off to one of his three jobs, none of which provide him insurance. And it’s not because he’s lazy or unwilling to work, it’s that his family couldn’t afford to send him to college… If giving up more of my paycheck could help get this family adequate healthcare, then PLEASE. TAKE MY F****** MONEY.
This is where I feel there is an unending flaw in the Liberal vs. Conservative logic. Liberals are idealistic and Conservatives and realistic, in my opinion. Liberals see the world / America as it would be if it were better, better, better, and cleaner, cleaner, cleaner, and more fair, fair, fair, etc. Conservatives see the world / America as it is and while they believe it can be better (of course) I feel they recognize that all the above things can be achieved through WORK, WORK, WORK instead of taxes, taxes, taxes.
Liberals see a pretty picture but they don’t want to put in the work to paint it. They want a few individuals that are successful and hard-working to benefit everyone. This is hardly a “fair” America.
There is also that unending assumption that people who are higher class got there by their family name, luck, etc. While this is definitely true sometimes, a large portion of people that got to the top worked their way up there.
And lastly - the assumption that all poorer people needing help are actually hard-working individuals that work 3 jobs, never sleep, and just can’t seem to get their head up above water.
Please. Seriously. Bring yourself out of your idealistic world and back into reality.
While I believe minimum wage should be raised and government assistance should be made available - it is FAR too freely given to those who do not want to work, or who do work but spend their money on the wrong things - drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. I grew up in one of the poorest counties in Kentucky and I have seen this FIRST HAND, unlike an extremely large amount of idealistic Liberals who think these scenarios up in their heads and really have no familiarity with welfare families, WIC, social security checks, etc. Did you also know that often times these families can’t support themselves because they choose not to use FREE birth control and continuously have children they can’t feed? That’s what pisses me off so much. It seems they have no actual knowledge what many of these families are actually like.
Lastly - I know a woman born into poverty & hardship that has 5 children and makes $12,000 a year. $12,000 a year in case you missed that. And you know what? SHE. IS. IN. COLLEGE. Five children to support. And she’s in college. She is graduating with a Masters degree very soon. She asked for help from no one. She made her living by buying from thrift stores, building her own furniture/fixing her own house, and working at a local school. She WORKED her way there without taking anyone’s hand-outs. So don’t tell me that people can’t work their way into an education.
So what I’m trying to say here is that the political gap will never be closed. Liberals think Conservatives want these poor families to suffer and that all of these poor families are that way just because of bad luck, and Conservatives want Liberals to realize that hard work (and proper education) can pull anyone out of that hole.
Let’s stop putting so much money into welfare & start pouring that money into schools. Let’s educate people who are unfortunately born into hardships. Let’s explain to them how to spend money, give them a healthy lunch, and hire teachers who are inspiring and uplifting. Let’s hold the worst schools to higher standards. Let’s teach more vocational skills and life skills (such as cooking, cleaning, and building). THAT would cause the biggest change. Stop paying people off.
*off my soapbox*




