End welfare? - What if there was no welfare? End welfare? What would happen to humanity if there was no welfare? Welfare, as an institution of government, may be on the way out. What will happen to welfare recipients if there is no welfare? What can they expect? Can welfare be done away with - without causing mass starvation? Why do we have welfare? Is it necessary? I've stated some of my thoughts on the welfare state on this page and I'm asking you to think over the issues and contribute to the conversation at the end of the page. What if there was no welfare? ...would all the poor people die? If there was no welfare, working people wouldn't have to support non-working people, but would taxes go down or would the government find some other reason to keep our money? Of course not all poor people would die, but would some of them? Do we have to view this process of release from the welfare state as one of coping with "acceptable loss?" I would have a hard time with that. Even one child dying because of poverty seems like too much to me. I've been on the fence with welfare issues for many years. I can see that the welfare state has robbed people of motivation, encouraged dependency, and created an era of protracted poverty mentality. But how can we withdraw a helping hand when so many are destitute already? Would children starve? ...or would community organizations