accomplished without hard work. Utopian? Yes, Possible? Probably not with the scumbag politicians we have, all with their own agenda. Rindfleischetikettierungsberwachungsauf\\... says: There are alternatives to welfare. Guaranteed employment! Have a government law designed to guarantee that if you want a job and are able to work you will get one, this could be through referral to private sources or through public works. I agree that needy people should be taken care of, but why can't we ask them to work for it in exchange? If necessary the government should send them extra money on top of their pay check for things like childcare, but they should not just get free money. The only people who should ever get free money(for what ever you want) are the disabled who genuinely can not work, or people who have retired,. Guaranteed employment would also boost the economy. Whenever there is unemployment that's waste, if those people were working it would mean more production and so more growth and a higher standard of living for everyone. Someone who's tired says: Welfare MUST end. Stop giving away the working class's money away to bums! I went into a welfare place once and it was filled with pregnant teenagers! "Will people starve if you end welfare." &lt; That depends if they get a job, soon or later the working class will starve from paying all these taxes!!! greg says: welfare must end now get your lazy ass up and find a job stop sucking up