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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
11.11.6 - Poverty
Analyze the persistence of poverty and how different analyses of this issue influence welfare reform, health insurance reform, and other social policies.
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Poverty influences health insurance reform because of the situation of the person they might not be able to get all the help and other rewards that people with money are exposed to.
I think that we should stop poverty. Poeple think that poverty means not having any money, but it actuatly is when you have no money and have nowhere to live. We should give peoplewelfare when they are at the brink of poverty. Only then can we hope to stop poverty. Health insuranse is a big problem when it comes to poverty. When people get sick and they don't have any money to pay the hospital bills, they have to sell things to pay them. They all end up in poverty.
Povery had a huge influence in health insurance and also welfare. People that don't make enough money to pay for food or other things should get some free welfare. If we can give free welfare we can prevent a lot of homeless familys. The same goes for healthcare. Mostly everyone that needs this should get it . If the U.S. can do this it will prevent a lot of stupid deaths and people with no homes. So I belive that not matter if u are legal or not they should get the same right as any other person with legal documents.
poverty is sad, no question about it, but i think the bigger problem at stake here is not stopping poverty, but to stop the causes of poverty, you cant really fix poverty, or anything else for that matter, by throwing money at it. you need to have a system set up, independent of the government, to help with it. the welfare system has the most noticeable flaws of these systems, because it is fundamentally flawed, people become dependent on the welfare system. now i'm not saying that people need to stop helping them, because these people obviously need help, we just have to help them with the bigger picture, why they need welfare in the first place. we need to put money toward helping educate them so they are not dependent on the government for there income. there are plenty of other places that do help people, like churches, or charity, that have more time and money to spend on helping poverty. i feel that with certain social policies the government over extends its self, which sets it up for a down fall. it seems, as a nation, we do not live within our needs, so spending money on welfare or government funded healthcare is a foolish idea.
and as for the healthcare reform, i personally believe that this is not a wise idea at all, it costs millions upon billions of dollars to keep running, raises taxes, lowers doctors incomes (due to the fact that doctors will become government workers, and will be paid significantly less, meaning not as much incentive to do a good job, and worse healthcare.), in again is really set up for failure, due to the reasons i have already listed.
in my personal opinion, i think that the further the government gets from social affairs the better, because, in my opinion, the government should be focusing on foreign policies, and economics, and not the welfare of its citizens, people should take personal responsibilities for their problems, take it upon yourself to help others, and don't expect the government to supply you with everything, because thats not what a government is there for.
** i would like to stress the fact this is my personal opinion, and it is not necessarily right.
It is interesting because I sense that the first few entries are for free health care and elimination of poverty for all, even the undocumented. That is a very liberal approach to the issue. I see that Aaron is for a more conservative approach of limited government influence in the lives of citizens and hence less government spending. I was curious for Josh and Luis if you think paying 30-50% of your paycheck is something you would like to have happen, because paying for all of that with taxes is going to result in a socialist tax system. Aaron do you think that children should be denied health care simply for the fault of their parents? Do you think that it is worth turning away the poor when we spend hundreds of billions on a war in Iraq? What do the other students think?
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Poverty influences health insurance reform because of the situation of the person they might not be able to get all the help and other rewards that people with money are exposed to.
Josh P. Per. 1
I think that we should stop poverty. Poeple think that poverty means not having any money, but it actuatly is when you have no money and have nowhere to live. We should give peoplewelfare when they are at the brink of poverty. Only then can we hope to stop poverty. Health insuranse is a big problem when it comes to poverty. When people get sick and they don't have any money to pay the hospital bills, they have to sell things to pay them. They all end up in poverty.
Povery had a huge influence in health insurance and also welfare. People that don't make enough money to pay for food or other things should get some free welfare. If we can give free welfare we can prevent a lot of homeless familys. The same goes for healthcare. Mostly everyone that needs this should get it . If the U.S. can do this it will prevent a lot of stupid deaths and people with no homes. So I belive that not matter if u are legal or not they should get the same right as any other person with legal documents.
poverty is sad, no question about it, but i think the bigger problem at stake here is not stopping poverty, but to stop the causes of poverty, you cant really fix poverty, or anything else for that matter, by throwing money at it. you need to have a system set up, independent of the government, to help with it. the welfare system has the most noticeable flaws of these systems, because it is fundamentally flawed, people become dependent on the welfare system. now i'm not saying that people need to stop helping them, because these people obviously need help, we just have to help them with the bigger picture, why they need welfare in the first place. we need to put money toward helping educate them so they are not dependent on the government for there income. there are plenty of other places that do help people, like churches, or charity, that have more time and money to spend on helping poverty. i feel that with certain social policies the government over extends its self, which sets it up for a down fall. it seems, as a nation, we do not live within our needs, so spending money on welfare or government funded healthcare is a foolish idea.
and as for the healthcare reform, i personally believe that this is not a wise idea at all, it costs millions upon billions of dollars to keep running, raises taxes, lowers doctors incomes (due to the fact that doctors will become government workers, and will be paid significantly less, meaning not as much incentive to do a good job, and worse healthcare.), in again is really set up for failure, due to the reasons i have already listed.
in my personal opinion, i think that the further the government gets from social affairs the better, because, in my opinion, the government should be focusing on foreign policies, and economics, and not the welfare of its citizens, people should take personal responsibilities for their problems, take it upon yourself to help others, and don't expect the government to supply you with everything, because thats not what a government is there for.
** i would like to stress the fact this is my personal opinion, and it is not necessarily right.
-Aaron S. p.4
It is interesting because I sense that the first few entries are for free health care and elimination of poverty for all, even the undocumented. That is a very liberal approach to the issue. I see that Aaron is for a more conservative approach of limited government influence in the lives of citizens and hence less government spending. I was curious for Josh and Luis if you think paying 30-50% of your paycheck is something you would like to have happen, because paying for all of that with taxes is going to result in a socialist tax system. Aaron do you think that children should be denied health care simply for the fault of their parents? Do you think that it is worth turning away the poor when we spend hundreds of billions on a war in Iraq? What do the other students think?
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