how would abolishing the welfare state work in practice?

Question

It would seem that one of the goals of the American libertarian party is to abolish the welfare state.

"None of the proposals currently being advanced by either conservatives or liberals is likely to fix the fundamental problems with our welfare system. Current proposals for welfare reform, including block grants, job training, and "workfare" represent mere tinkering with a failed system.

It is time to recognize that welfare cannot be reformed: it should be ended.

We should eliminate the entire social welfare system. This includes eliminating food stamps, subsidized housing, and all the rest. Individuals who are unable to fully support themselves and their families through the job market must, once again, learn to rely on supportive family, church, community, or private charity to bridge the gap."

How is increasing the amount of misery in a society a good policy position?

What happens to the elderly, the intellectually disabled, the mentally ill, the chronically ill and those whose families are also too poor to support them?

Welfare does, in fact, reduce poverty and suffering, so why abolish something which is so crucial to equal opportunity for all?

Answer 1

It would NEVER work.

Answer 2

The Liberal ideology is a theory which holds forth beliefs that have no basis in reality.

They are Advocates of a policy that empowers a strong government to enslave its people with a high tax burden incident to the support of extravagant and unnecessary social programs destructive to both the work ethic among the lower class, and the incentive to innovate and succeed among the working class.

The problems we face today are because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

A democracy will continue to exist up until

the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous

gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority

always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from

the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally

collapse over loose fiscal policy

Answer 3

Well, all the people who relied on the government for income will need to find food and shelter.



- Some of them will look for jobs and get one.

- Many more will look for jobs and not get one because there isn't that much demand for unskilled labor and higher education costs money.

- Some will rely on relatives, homeless shelters, and charities for basic necessities.

- Many more will not have access to enough of these resources to survive.



So with no income and no lifelines, what's left? The writing on the wall, of course, is that they die off. Survival of the fittest.



In reality, people aren't going to just lay down and die. In reality, ending the welfare state would lead to a drastic spike in crime that would require a much larger police force to deal with. A police force that costs a lot of taxpayer dollars ... the very thing you were trying to avoid.

Answer 4

In general most people want to work . To say the poor are poor because they . are lazy is quite unfair much the same as when we blame people who are not clever . In the western world we have seen the jobs which belong to the poor taken of them / No one asked the poor did they mind seeing their jobs going off shore . the rich just sacked the worker and now blames the worker for not working . It is true that some people are lazy and they should be dealt with but that raise's the question If I inherit money and just lend it to the poor then live of the interest am I lazy

Answer 5

So what you're saying is, we are now perpetually saddled with supporting the moochers, freeloaders, and parasites who make themselves unemployable by choice.



And for 3 generations now, liberals have been paying these parasites to breed as quickly as possible to infest the host with an unsustainable population of people living in permanent poverty.



But ya, we all just have to keep on paying and paying and paying, while we watch our own incomes keep falling and falling thanks to the Democrats.



BAD IDEA

Answer 6

Visit Haiti.

Answer 7

Obama voters would be fighting over Burger flipping jobs.

Answer 8

Thats why Libertarians are whackjobs