Would free health care reduce poverty, as measured by the government?
Would free health care reduce poverty, as measured by the government? Would free public housing, day care, and job training for the poor reduce the poverty rate? Explain.
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Of course it would reduce the poverty rate. Many of the poverty stricken Americxan people are that way because they can't afford things that wealthier people take for granted. Someone that lives week to week just barely making their bills or giving up essential utilities like electricity or heat can't afford to go to the doctor or take courses to improve thier lives. Many of our homeless are there because they can't afford adequate mental health care. If those in our government would enact programs to help these people out instead of pocketing and misappropraiting our tax dollars, and if they stop letting special interest groups write their own laws, then there would definitely be less poverty in this once great country. No one wants to be poverty stricken, most just have known no other life, and have no way out. I've been there, and I know what it's like to live day by day unable to get a job even though I'm skilled and a hard worker. If I had trouble finding a job when I am certified in the IT field (I couldn't even get a security guard job in the midwest), I can't imagine how hard it would be for someone that doesn't have technical skills, has 4 kids to feed and has just gotten laid off from their job of 20 years. This is just one example. We need to start taking care of our individual American citizens, instead of electing corrupt officials who are out of touch with the reality of average everyday life and who care only for maintaining their own power and wealth.
No. No. No. No.
Reason: Someone has to pay for it all. That someone is usually the middle and lower classes who are already struggling. Freebies for others just makes more poor people.
Besides that, what you'll end up with is a socialist government, not a democracy. Each new government freebie program brings us one step closer to that.
No they think we owe them that , Give them a job and make them work like the rest of us , We give them to much and they have to much time on their hands
Technically, health care is essentially free already to the poor.
Housing, day care, and job training would likely reduce the poverty rate allowing the poor to obtain better work skills, experience and education.
IMO yes, but the problem is who will pay for it all and how. Raising taxes is one way, and since the US tax system is progressive, (rich people pay a bigger proportion of their income than poor people) it would have the effect of redistributing wealth more equally. I'm not a socialist, (I agree this may not be the best use of resources compared to letting the market sort it out) but I believe there should be some minimum standard for people, like universal health care, unemployment insurance etc.
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Of course it would reduce the poverty rate. Many of the poverty stricken Americxan people are that way because they can't afford things that wealthier people take for granted. Someone that lives week to week just barely making their bills or giving up essential utilities like electricity or heat can't afford to go to the doctor or take courses to improve thier lives. Many of our homeless are there because they can't afford adequate mental health care. If those in our government would enact programs to help these people out instead of pocketing and misappropraiting our tax dollars, and if they stop letting special interest groups write their own laws, then there would definitely be less poverty in this once great country. No one wants to be poverty stricken, most just have known no other life, and have no way out. I've been there, and I know what it's like to live day by day unable to get a job even though I'm skilled and a hard worker. If I had trouble finding a job when I am certified in the IT field (I couldn't even get a security guard job in the midwest), I can't imagine how hard it would be for someone that doesn't have technical skills, has 4 kids to feed and has just gotten laid off from their job of 20 years. This is just one example. We need to start taking care of our individual American citizens, instead of electing corrupt officials who are out of touch with the reality of average everyday life and who care only for maintaining their own power and wealth.
No. No. No. No.
Reason: Someone has to pay for it all. That someone is usually the middle and lower classes who are already struggling. Freebies for others just makes more poor people.
Besides that, what you'll end up with is a socialist government, not a democracy. Each new government freebie program brings us one step closer to that.
No they think we owe them that , Give them a job and make them work like the rest of us , We give them to much and they have to much time on their hands
Technically, health care is essentially free already to the poor.
Housing, day care, and job training would likely reduce the poverty rate allowing the poor to obtain better work skills, experience and education.
IMO yes, but the problem is who will pay for it all and how. Raising taxes is one way, and since the US tax system is progressive, (rich people pay a bigger proportion of their income than poor people) it would have the effect of redistributing wealth more equally. I'm not a socialist, (I agree this may not be the best use of resources compared to letting the market sort it out) but I believe there should be some minimum standard for people, like universal health care, unemployment insurance etc.
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