Food Stamps Over Jobs??
Since when do food stamps and unemployment insurance boost an economy? In my academic career I learned that a good economy is one that produces and sells goods, has low unemployment rates, and brings revenue into the country. Food stamps and unemployment insurance is counterintuitive to that. If people can receive something for free, why would anyone want to work? This just promotes the entitlement attitude that many Americans now feel, or wish to have. These programs will expand deficit spending, drive the country further into debt and weaken the dollar even more than it already is.
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Food stamps and unemployment checks do not provide jobs, this is true. What they do, however, is keep people alive long enough to find another job. Are food stamps and unemployment abused by some in order to avoid working? Yes. However, these abusers are in a very small minority. The majority of unemployed people are very unhappy being unemployed. Employment, besides offering much more money than unemployment checks, is a source of pride in people that becomes lost. In a time where half a million people are being laid off (not fired) per month, through no fault of their own, it is our responsibility as a society to ensure that they survive this recession. Furthermore, if there are no jobs available and no unemployment checks where do you think people get money? Crime. If you research the cost of incarcerating somebody (roughly 40k a year/inmate + prosecution fees + increased police patrolling) compared with a meager unemployment check, you will realize that even if you disagree that we have a responsibility to take care of one another, it is fiscally responsible to avoid breeding criminals and instead help people seek meaningful employment.
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