F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/30/13 9:35 AM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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You don't think corporations are in the social welfare business and you
don't think the government should be...

So we just let the less fortunate among use...die.

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I didn't say the government shouldn't be in the social welfare
business. (actually, it's the tax payers of the country being in the
social welfare business.) I don't disagree with that.

I am suggesting that accountability for the programs has to exist. If
they aren't helping, end them or try something else. As previously
stated, government (taxpayer) financed entitlement programs have
increased over 500 percent since the 1960s. Have they helped? Some,
but certainly not all. But once initiated, it's damn near impossible to
end them. They just keep getting modified, increased and abused.

There also should be accountability on the backs of the recipients. The
only true "entitlement" I have ever received was financial aid under
the GI bill to continue going to school when I left the military. I am
not sure it was truly an entitlement since it was a benefit package that
existed for military service, but call it what you want. There was
accountability on my part in the respect that I had to maintain a
minimum grade point average in order to continue receiving the benefits.




There are plenty of entitlement tests for medicaid.
And welfare recipients can be on crack and collect a check.