Most People on Welfare are Lazy

It has become obvious that my opponent is not serious about this debate. He asks simple questions that can easily be disproved and delights in his use of impossible to understand sentence structure. However I do thank him for constructing a second round paragraph that I can somewhat understand. It is unfortunate that he advances no arguments and no rationale. I will humor him and answer his question. The question is: "Tell me what would you do if you have no car no house and no job". Let's begin. First we must find out why and how I have come to this predicament. What happened in order to place me in this position? Begin fired from a job? Kicked out of the family? I understand that many causes of poverty are not the fault of the person. The people who grow up in poverty and receive little education should receive a limited amount of social assistance, just enough to give them some skills and get them to a job. This debate is about those who are on welfare and make no attempt to support themselves. If I personally found myself without a job, no car (I don't have one), and no house (I rent) I would perform the following actions: 1) Apply to every single Fast Food place in my area. 2) Find a cheap room to rent. 3) Take out a small loan to pay for the first month of rent. 4) Limit my expenses to the bare essentials. Those alone would solve my job and my housing dilemma. It is logical to assume that I would quickly tire of working at a fast food place, therefore I would start working on learning skills that can help me get better employment. The library is a free resource for all and has books on: carpentry, computer repair, web design, computer programming, basic electrician, basic construction, basic maintenance and more. Since books are not sufficient to learn "real world" skills I would also attempt to find a Continuing Education course that could teach me employable skills. I hope that answers my opponents question. What are people on welfare doing all day? What positive action do they contribute to society? I posit nothing. Instead time and time again we hear of these "welfare moms" (1)(2) who collect their welfare check and do nothing but jump from one man to another getting pregnant. How does giving them a monthly check help them? It merely reinforces and rewards their behavior. I firmly believe in helping those who need help. The man fired from his 20-year job may not know what to do. The uneducated mother of three needs help for her children. However it doesn't mean that we should simply throw money at them. The helping hand of welfare should be extended with certain restrictions attached. These may include: 1) You must train in a trade, or participate in an apprenticeship, while on welfare. You must obtain decent marks and you must complete the training in a reasonable amount of time. 2) You must become a limited employee of the state while you are supported by the state. People who collect welfare should do things such as pickup trash, sweep dirty streets, clean graffiti, or help in building social housing. Welfare needs to be a temporary fall back for people in need. Unfortunately it has been taken advantage of. People no longer want to get a job because they won't make more then welfare gives them and they'll have to work. These people are lazy, they give nothing back to society and their way of life must be abolished. 1) http://www.sodahead.com... 2) http://www.postchronicle.com...