Do people like being on welfare?

But both Gilens' and Winters' work suggests that the media can also help promote anti-poverty legislation by avoiding racialized terms, like welfare, to talk .... Young people can get something to eat, take a shower and brush their teeth, talk to counselors, get help finding a job, and even do some laundry. read more

People on welfare usually have serious issues, and yes, I'm sure some of them like being on it because otherwise they would probably have to do difficult, painful physical labor to earn a living. The most abused form of government income is disability, not welfare, food stamps or WIC. read more

Maybe my perspective is skewed, but when I think of people on welfare, I just think of an army of people like I knew growing up. I don’t say all of them; by best friend had 5 brothers, and his dad had hurt his back and couldn’t work as a carpenter anymore. read more

This was a man who prided himself on being self-sufficient and instilled a sense of duty and independence in me from day one. We were not drug addicts living the high life-we were just poor."You will be educated and life will be better for you when you get older, Brenda Lynn," he promised. He was going to fight like hell to see that it happened. read more