Good Government?

Ok, no one else is going to do this so I guess I'll be the first. This is a counter to "Welfare" by nick. I didn't really agree with all of the essay so I'm just going to go through his essay and make my points and support them. So the intro stops here.
So you say we should get rid of the rule to go to school and just stay home and collect welfare? What would be the point of that? If they got rid of the rule of going to school, sure, it'd cut down on violence at school, it'd be all out on the streets. If the government did away with this law, the cost of welfare would go up, violence would go up, drug use would go up and the economy would start it's decline as uneducated children are introduced into the work force. Without school, the government would have to support the people more then they already do. So making school mandatory is the only way to keep kids in. Even though it seems dumb, it is a good law. Maybe it doesn't seem that way at the time you're in school but later, you'll know it is. And it's that kind of mentality, "getting welfare and setting on their asses while get money for being lousy fuck heads", that makes welfare such a "bad" word. In it's creation, welfare was meant to keep a person from becoming homeless if they lost a job. It's a helping hand when you're down, not a crutch, but people have made it that. Of course this is the governments fault who are too fucking lazy to go and make sure that welfare is going to people who are actually trying to get back on their feet.
I never recalled a youth center especially for drug addicts or drunks, as I recall, they were open to the public. The thing is, people of the middle and upper class have this thing where they are too good to go to some place like that just cuz the lower class is there. And true, Congress over looks almost everyone, except for the rich who pull their strings. And sure, everyone can bitch about income tax, but it's a double sided sword. Not only do you pay a percent of your income, but so does the rich. The percent is the same, but the more money you make, the more money you pay. And how can it support the minority? Too many people in this nation are poor. And you can't say that just the poor do drugs and are drunks. Many people from the middle class do that as well as the upper class. But of course, the poor are the scapegoat because they contribute the least. And the thing is, the people that are getting welfare checks aren't trying to get back on their feet, while the people who could have really used it for two or three months are homeless because someone already took all the welfare. That's why the government should have each person requesting welfare checked out before receiving any money. Doing away with welfare would just revert us back to the 1800's in some ways. If you destroy all programs then it will revert us to the 1800's and employers will work people harder and longer for lower wages and if you've done away with school, then they'll probably go back to child labor. by doing this, you'll just take steps backwards. And do away with abortion? Why? It doesn't matter how the baby ended up in her womb, if the woman wants to abort, she should be allowed to. Why should we increase the already over populated world? And if the woman doesn't want the baby, then surely it won't have a good life, unless it gets adopted which may still lead to problems.
Allow radical groups to overthrow the government? Why? So they can take power? Like the nazi party? Oh but of course, this nation will improve so much if the Aryan Nation overthrows the government and starts killing off jews again. Sure, anarchy is a nice thought, but it's not going to happen. Anarchy will only last so long before one political group will rise to power. Each revolt leads to a new political power who wants to be in power. Why? Not for the better of the people. Not to make the world a better place. Simply to be in power. Read "1984". So for once, I'm supporting the government. Yes, it needs a lot of reform, but if people would stop bitching about taxes and welfare and start making changes, then the government would function better. I rest my case.

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started 6/16/98 1