If you could stop just one government program

David Vitter introduced a bill last week to drug test people in government housing saying it would save the taxpayers money by finding these people and providing them with free drug rehab.

http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm...

I believe his idea would only cost us more money and not solve the problem at all.

If you were part of congress and were trying to reduce government spending by cutting out one government program which one would it be and why?

I thought Vitter would be more interested in the disposal/cloth diaper controversy!

But charging only $1.35 per head of cattle to graze on public land is abhorent.

Public housing. All this program has done is make people lazy and more dependent on the government and at the same time driving up the price of housing for others. In large cities it has contributed to the establishment of slums. Eliminate all programs which encourage people to depend upon others so much.

Food stamp program (LA purchase card)
Free school lunch program
Free cellphone program
Unemployment for over six months
Housing Authority assistance
Medicare (unless you pay into it)
Social Security Income (unless you pay into it)
Crazy checks
Free Daycare (especially if you dont work)
LAChIP (If you cant afford them dont have them)
Government Backed student Loans (80% percent are not paid back!!!)
All government assistance should be stopped after 18 months!!!

It is not a RIGHT to have:
Higher education
Have a drivers license
Have a cellphone
Have a free home or apartment
Have a car
Income tax

The goverment must denied ur ass.........

hoe wrote:

Food stamp program (LA purchase card)
Free school lunch program
Free cellphone program
Unemployment for over six months
Housing Authority assistance
Medicare (unless you pay into it)
Social Security Income (unless you pay into it)
Crazy checks
Free Daycare (especially if you dont work)
LAChIP (If you cant afford them dont have them)
Government Backed student Loans (80% percent are not paid back!!!)
All government assistance should be stopped after 18 months!!!

It is not a RIGHT to have:
Higher education
Have a drivers license
Have a cellphone
Have a free home or apartment
Have a car
Income tax

Couldnt have said it better myself! I know im getting sick and tired of the people that do not contribute to society living better than the ones that work for a living.

Cut the Department of Defense. You'll save a $1.2 trillion a year right there.

I agree there should be more
Limits. But should these idiots children starve because of the idiot themselves? No

oreo wrote:

I agree there should be more
Limits. But should these idiots children starve because of the idiot themselves? No

Now this is a good point. You cannot help the children and not help the deadbeat parent. Problem is, the deadbeat parent knows this and uses the child to full advantage regardless of the damage done to the child. This doesn't apply only to people using the government but also to people manipulating family members with their children. These idiots are not idiots at all. They have all the things that the working class has without the work.

So, what do we do? Commodities rather than cards would be one answer. The children are well fed but not with whatever the parents choose to buy for themselves but with more wholesome nutritious food that could be purchased at any store. Of course, you would have to count on the store owners and workers not wanting to work the system to get a little extra for themselves as many Americans who gripe about the system do.

We have a problem because we believe the beggar can also be a chooser.

Voter wrote:

Cut the Department of Defense. You'll save a $1.2 trillion a year right there.

You can't cut out the entire DOD. That would not be prudent.

Voter wrote:

Cut the Department of Defense. You'll save a $1.2 trillion a year right there.

Read the news get educated! Look at the world and whats happening! yes lets cut the defense budget!!!

fix the mex. border then worry about the rest of the world--how can illegals not be terrorist-If your an american u can be picked up for no reason just so they believe ur a terrorist,while illegals will be given all the free-b's--talk about vote buying--

hoe wrote:

Food stamp program (LA purchase card)
Free school lunch program
Free cellphone program
Unemployment for over six months
Housing Authority assistance
Medicare (unless you pay into it)
Social Security Income (unless you pay into it)
Crazy checks
Free Daycare (especially if you dont work)
LAChIP (If you cant afford them dont have them)
Government Backed student Loans (80% percent are not paid back!!!)
All government assistance should be stopped after 18 months!!!
It is not a RIGHT to have:
Higher education
Have a drivers license
Have a cellphone
Have a free home or apartment
Have a car
Income tax

You can't receive free daycare unless you have proof that you're working or in school. And I know people that are on government programs that work their ass off everyday and still don't make enough to make ends meet so they have to rely partly on the government. Do your research before you write something like this!

Proof of work? All they have to do is get a part time job. They can 'work' a few hours a week and get daycare. Then, they get grandma to open said 'daycare' and pay her for watching her grandkids. I see it every day. Add to that the crazy checks (seriously, ALL 5 of your kids have ADHD?) and they make more money than I do.
To be honest, the welfare system giveaway doesn't come close to the money we throw overseas. That's where most of the waste is.

tired of it wrote:

Proof of work? All they have to do is get a part time job. They can 'work' a few hours a week and get daycare. Then, they get grandma to open said 'daycare' and pay her for watching her grandkids. I see it every day. Add to that the crazy checks (seriously, ALL 5 of your kids have ADHD?) and they make more money than I do.
To be honest, the welfare system giveaway doesn't come close to the money we throw overseas. That's where most of the waste is.

I guess you are referring to foreign aid. Only about 1% of the national budget goes to foreign aid. Cutting it out completely wouldn't even be noticed. www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/03/foreign-...

I must say that I am on housing at this time and I do recieve partial help with my daycare. I pay 60% and they pay 40%. I go to work 40 hours a week, make 16 an hour, and still need help. No I do not have a boat load of children if thats what you are assuming. I cannot receive foodstamps because of my income but thats ok. My point is, YES there are some people who are on the system that are using it, and NO there are some people who actually need it. Even though I work hard, I also have two children to feed, cloth, bills to pay, etc. I do feel as though random drug testing should be done because there are some who do nothing but abuse the system. But it should not be eliminated by those who are actually working and trying to do something with their lives. I feel as though with housing programs you should have to meet a certain criteria: work a certain amount of hours, drug testing, and anything else needed to improve, not cut the system.

I do believe that there should be a picture of the person on the food stamp case, on the card. This would keep druggies from selling their card to others.

Beautiful in my own skin wrote:

I must say that I am on housing at this time and I do recieve partial help with my daycare. I pay 60% and they pay 40%. I go to work 40 hours a week, make 16 an hour, and still need help. No I do not have a boat load of children if thats what you are assuming. I cannot receive foodstamps because of my income but thats ok. My point is, YES there are some people who are on the system that are using it, and NO there are some people who actually need it. Even though I work hard, I also have two children to feed, cloth, bills to pay, etc. I do feel as though random drug testing should be done because there are some who do nothing but abuse the system. But it should not be eliminated by those who are actually working and trying to do something with their lives. I feel as though with housing programs you should have to meet a certain criteria: work a certain amount of hours, drug testing, and anything else needed to improve, not cut the system.

Not to be rude but you make 16 dollars an hour and can't make ends meet? I don't understand this. Before I remarried I made less than that an hour had 3 kids, a house note, nice Toyota vehicle and many more bills to pay and didn't receive ANY form of public aid. I'm not saying there aren't ever instances where help isn't needed but sometimes it's just a matter of priorities.
Again I'm not saying this is your case ( I don't know you) but sometimes people take the money that should go on bills and put it elsewhere and then want money for what could have been paid out of a paycheck for those bills.

I don't know how housing works but I find it hard to believe that someone that makes 16 dollars an hour would qualify.

parent wrote:

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Not to be rude but you make 16 dollars an hour and can't make ends meet? I don't understand this. Before I remarried I made less than that an hour had 3 kids, a house note, nice Toyota vehicle and many more bills to pay and didn't receive ANY form of public aid. I'm not saying there aren't ever instances where help isn't needed but sometimes it's just a matter of priorities.
Again I'm not saying this is your case ( I don't know you) but sometimes people take the money that should go on bills and put it elsewhere and then want money for what could have been paid out of a paycheck for those bills.
I don't know how housing works but I find it hard to believe that someone that makes 16 dollars an hour would qualify.

I've seen this a lot. I buy what I want and someone else pays for what I need. It's why a person driving a Cadillac Escalade can argue for free healthcare for his family. If you can't squeeze by on $16.00 and hour we are in trouble. Part of the problem is the new necessities. Cell phone, satellite or cable and the internet. As someone on the other side of middle age I remember the rotary dial, three channels when the weather was good and computers that took up entire rooms. The government supplying cell phones and HD converter boxes is a good example of how much too far the welfare state has gone.

parent wrote:

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Not to be rude but you make 16 dollars an hour and can't make ends meet? I don't understand this. Before I remarried I made less than that an hour had 3 kids, a house note, nice Toyota vehicle and many more bills to pay and didn't receive ANY form of public aid. I'm not saying there aren't ever instances where help isn't needed but sometimes it's just a matter of priorities.
Again I'm not saying this is your case ( I don't know you) but sometimes people take the money that should go on bills and put it elsewhere and then want money for what could have been paid out of a paycheck for those bills.
I don't know how housing works but I find it hard to believe that someone that makes 16 dollars an hour would qualify.

Well first you are being a little rude, but I dont really pay attention to judgement. And yes I do receiving housing and that is the ONLY ASSISTANCE I RECEIVE!! I do not receive foodstamps, wic, FITAP, or any other program there is. I pay rent, gas, electricity, car note, insurance, groceries, clothes and shoes for my children, and myself as well and do all this as a single mom. Im not saying you were not a single parent, but I am. With that being sad, I do not feel as though me receiving a little help that I actually need makes me lazy nor depending on anyone to do anything for me. Regardless of what you did then, it doesnt change what I need help with now. Everybody situations is different, so maybe everyone on this forum need to think about that before they judge or assume.