The government should cut significantly spending on welfare

As I previously stated welfare is not inflicting the most damage on the economical system, welfare (social) programs are actually costing those of us that work a whopping fifty-nine billion as opposed to your stated four hundred billion (reference: http://thinkbynumbers.org...). The fact is corporate subsidies take more than any program in the budget. Do your research. I beg to differ with you that welfare is free money, it is often the case that an individual has lost his/her job and must request assistance from our social/welfare programs. That means that at some point that individual did in fact work and did in fact pay payroll taxes which feed the various programs in the budget, therefore that individual is eligible for assistance. The mere fact that the individual paid taxes at some point in his/her life supports their request for assistance. I do NOT agree with the number of illegal immigrants on our welfare roles, I do not believe that any of those individuals should receive any assistance, but they do, they represent seventeen percent of the roles. Do you have any idea what a single individual gets when requesting assistance. I didn't think so, here's the drill...let's say a young man has lost his job and has exhausted his resources, he requests assistance and is ONLY entitled to food stamps, he gets on average a whopping two hundred dollars a month. It may feed him but only mildly, the average human being consumes approximately seventy-five to one hundred dollars a week in food. My reference is weak at best but here it is...http://wiki.answers.com.... I affirm that the majority of individuals on welfare seek other modes of support, like a job. I do agree that for the most part young women that continue to birth children to the population do become dependent on a variety of welfare programs, ie. Medicaid for the children only (Obama changed that, the Moms NO LONGER receive medical care for free). They also become dependent on food stamps and free housing, but I commit and affirm that they are the only ones whom become dependent on the system and do in fact commit to long term dependency, but that lasts ONLY five years post the age of the youngest child, that is why they continue to birth children they cannot afford. In my world young moms with no physical form of support would be reformed, they would not be allowed to continue to birth children that they cannot and will not support. Again the government has absolutely no input as to the ease of getting a job. If you want to work, there are a variety of methods to do so. It is typical that companies refrain from their own responsibility in creating jobs, often blaming it on the government and the taxes imposed by the government. But the truth is, companies realize that having Joe Blow mopping floors at minimum wage is an expense that they can eliminate, therefore Joe Blow joins the welfare lines. What else is he do? The expansion of any company depends on the management of funds coming into the company. If Boss Hog thinks that he deserves a seven digit salary, hiring employees is not a part of the equation, he will simply work those he has in his employ a bit harder to achieve the same goal. Unemployment benefits are an entitlement, if you've never held a job you won't get Unemployment Benefits, it's that simple. And if you're a flounderer then having funds in the appropriate quarters as mandated by Unemployment Laws is a risk that you chose to take by moving from one job to the next, therefore presenting a issue in the appropriation of funds on a quarterly basis. Unemployment Benefits are not long term, there is a dead line and searching and securing work is mandated by law, you must be actively looking for a job. The Unemployment Benefits will eventually exhaust themselves and are secured by those looking for a job. The government offers a variety of loans and funding for anyone to attend college. The Pell Grant is a very popular resource for those that live at poverty level and is basically easy to secure. In addition to that there are a variety of student loans that anyone can achieve, it takes effort but the benefits are there. The government provides the resources, it is up to you to locate and secure them. And you will repay any and all student loans. There are at this very moment millions of young people whom just graduated and cannot find a job with student loans lingering in their minds, imagine the frustrations. What I said about "rich" people is that they often inherit their wealth from parents whom worked hard and left their legacy. Those people make up seventy-five percent of the wealthiest Americans in our nation, reference (but not a very good one..YOU MUST READ IT ALL)...https://news.ycombinator.com.... If your statement were true that alot of "rich" people lose their money to taxes, then it would also be true that they eventually come to live at the poverty level, and that is not happening. There are a considerable number of self made millionaires, look at Donald Trump, but the truth is that seventy-five percent of the wealthiest people in America inherited their wealth, they did not earn it. I've covered your opinion on long term welfare, it cannot be long term, it was not and is not operated in that manner. There are guidelines, rules and earnest attempts to move beyond the meager welfare expended to someone that is hungry, aside from the young Mothers whom believe that having a baby will keep them from working, and they are the only ones that become dependent long term and that can only be five years. Please read the laws.