Would you be in favor of ending all state-sponsored welfare programs? -

Excluding monies earned or programs paid into, such as Social Security, should we end state-sponsored charity, such as Welfare and SSI? If not, what reform would you propose?|::::|If the welfare programs were operated as they should be, there are people that need them. Usually most government programs won t work because of politics and dis-honesty. We seem to help out the whole world with our taxes, why not help people here in need and be sure they are in need. Not some 30 or 40 year old on dope , ligure or just too damn lazy to work.|::::|and what are severely disabled people getting SSI supposed to do when no one hires them or they are unable to work..die? so much for reps being prolife and christian Report Abuse |::::|I would be in favor to end all federal welfare programs. If you look at the 10th Amendment, it places the federal government in a small, confined compartment. quot;The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the peoplequot;. The 10th Amendment is a prohibitory rule of law which recognized States jurisdiction in certain areas. States have the right to act, or not to act, as they see fit, in the areas reserved to them. If they have duties that correspond to these rights, then they owed to the citizens of their respective State. If people are unhappy with their State s health care program, then they can bring pressure on their state officials, and if that fails, then they could elect a new set of officials. This allows people to be sovereign, not an omnipotent federal government, which when it accumulates too much power will create a government remote from the people and relatively immune from popular constraint. Who knows better than than the people of Massachusetts what kind of education their children need, or Floridians what kind of nursing programs they need, or New Mexicans what kind of welfare services to offer. Local problems are best dealt with by the people most directly concerned.