Infidel tournament: Resolved, welfare should be abolished

I assume this debate is about America. Cost of welfare Of the total spending budget welfare is 11% of the budget, or 0.7 trillion dollars. [1] Abolishing welfare would easily cut the deficit. Total government spending on pensions is about 1.0 trillion dollars by 2012 (estimate). [2] In 2010 it cost about .75 trillion dollars. [3] The point is it is a very costly program and if we abolished it it would cut 11% of our spending. Constitutionality There is no part of the constitution entitling the government to pay for the poor. [4] I am not saying it is banned by the constitution, I am saying a cut would be ok. Also in my personal opinion having a welfare system oversteps the constitution's power as it doesn't say give his money her, or her money to him. Free money is not a right given to anyone, at all whatsoever. It is immoral 47% of Americans do not pay taxes [5], and the ones that do pay for peoples living. Is that fair in our American society? No, in America the government says your money goes to X, you cannot argue it goes to Y or Z as it is their choice. It is theft, taking away hard earnings giving it to a small minority of US citizens, as my dad would say " My tax dollars are paying for welfare that gets abused, I am paying for drug usage right now and it makes me mad!". Also the people on welfare do not pay taxes, isn't that welfare? They use government roads schools bridges, police, etc. all for free while you and I pay for it, in my opinion that is a good gift from the US government, a genuine kindness, welfare is extra on what they need. Another estimate says about 32% of Americans paid no taxes or negative tax (money given to them via return) in 2006. [6] It is still theft if you think about it, 68% of America is being robbed, above 53% where being robbed to a greater extent (less taxes = higher taxes so it is logical to say that their taxes are higher). there way it is theft and immoral. Alternatives I believe charity should help the poor not government entitlements. One of them is food for the poor. [7] Their goal is to feed the poor of the world, keeping them alive and well. One alternative. Also the catholic charities USA strives to reduce poverty through charitable giving. [8] These alternatives to the same thing without government mandates or pensions. If we abolish welfare the poor will still be OK. Corruption Examples: "The executive director of the Illinois Legislative Advisory Committee on Public Aid in 1977 claimed that Linda Taylor of Chicago used 14 aliases to obtain $150,000 for medical assistance, cash assistance and bonus cash food stamps. He claimed that she went from district to district with many disguises, using more than 100 aliases." [9] "Esther Johnson, who was sentenced to four years in state prison when accused of "collecting $240,000 for more than 60 fictitious children". [9] Welfare fraud has cost the state millions, every year, and each state has its own penalty. [10] This goes back to the morality argument, your paying for fraud every year, it is robbery! You are buying crime, paying for fake children, paying over! costing the tax payer millions! It is a waste of our money. Like JG went worth, instead it's his money use it when you need it. Dependency 8% of people on federal benefits are dependent on the system. [11] According to this source 3.6% of welfare recipients are dependent on the system. [12] So based on this it creates laziness in a certain subset of people, and wastes the money. ok lets use the 1 trillion dollar estimate, and pretend no one frauds: 1 trillion divided by 3.6= about 2.7 trillion. [13] So about .2-.3 trillion dollars wasted. Shame. Basically a small subset wastes a lot of money, and their thoughts are "if I am being taken care of why work?" They are a drag on the economy and the system. constitutionality part 2: need to add this and do not wanna change the footnotes number. Later refute as a whole 1 group. 10th amendment: The 10th amendment was made to limit the federal government and give powers to the states. [14] The 10th amendment gives all in-enumerated powers in the Constitution, that are not prohibited, to the states. [15] The federal welfare system is unconstitutional along those grounds. =conclusion= The welfare system is a drag on society and has many problems with it and should be abolished, VOTE PRO! Your turn con. PS; the reason the sources are that way now is so it is easier to find them. Probably a waste of characters though... Source[s] on cost: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com... [1] http://www.usgovernmentspending.com... [2] http://www.usgovernmentspending.com... [3] constitutionality source[s]: http://www.archives.gov... [4] Morality/taxing source[s]: http://news.yahoo.com... [5] http://www.taxfoundation.org... [6] Alternatives source[s]: http://www.foodforthepoor.org... [7] http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org... [8] Fraud/corruption source[s]: http://en.wikipedia.org... [9] http://www.spamlaws.com... [10] Dependency source[s]: http://www.cato.org... [11] http://aspe.hhs.gov... [12] Other math: http://www.google.com... [13] constitution part 2 source[s]: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com... [14] http://en.wikipedia.org... [15]