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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Follies who wrote (119719)12/14/2011 10:56:49 PM
From: Paul V.1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 224729
 
Follies, Seriously, I would reduce unemployment from 99 to 26 weeks and make every recipient show up at a federal office at least once a week or the checks stop.

Drug test and fingerprint everyone on welfare. Eliminate fraud double dipping and solve crimes.


Put annual and lifetime caps on Medicare per recipient.

Raise social security retirement age consistent with lifespan.


Good suggestions for discussion. For those of us who have studied Marketing and Psychology, we recall Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the first level of physiological needs (food, shelter and clothing) followed by psychological need for Security. I heard on radio today that Missouri in 1974 had approximately 7 State prisons. Today, we have over 20 prisons.
How many State employees would we have to hire to supervise, process claims. Would this leave to larger rather that smaller government?

I state the above to express the concept that individuals will do what is needed to survive. This was reinforced by our local sheriff yesterday reflected that an increase in poverty proportionally results in increased crime and incarcerations. Therefore, it appears that the taxpayers pick up the tab one way or the other. If we cut the unemployment from 99 to 26 weeks which was the length in existence when I was a kid what would happen to those who lack or lose the skill sets necessary for a high technological society, some individuals who may be in their 50's plus and may not be hired by business due to the older age even though age discrimination does not occur, or does it.

I agree with your idea of drug testing and fingerprinting everyone in order not to discriminate against the protection of our freedoms, and individual rights.

Regarding the lifetime caps on Medicare per recipients, what happens to those who exhaust their medicare benefits?

Raising social security retirement age consistent with lifespan as originally intended has merits, but, would many on this site young than I am agree with you. This would be interesting in seeing the responses from this site.


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