It seems like every day I read about how government wastes money so I thought I would record them. Since I began this blog, I have been stunned by the amount of waste, fraud, and mismanagement I have found. I recognize that some government is necessary for any society to exist but without the "profit incentive" that we have in private enterprise, government continues to grow like a cancer and along with it the potential for abuse. If you ever needed a reason to limit government, just read some of the following posts.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Jobs and the Welfare State

Please read John Stossel's article on Jobs and the Welfare State. He sends an intern, a college student, to various government agencies in NYC to look for a job.

Based on her experience, she concludes:

  • The government would rather sign me up for welfare than help me get a job.
  • The government makes it easier to sign up for welfare than to find work.
  • The NYC government creates a tax-payer funded bureaucracy to send people to the same websites people could find on their own.
  • The private market for jobs works better.

These "jobs" programs do not work. Yet, the government funds them and wants to expand them. Politicians want to continue institutionalizing welfare offices, and incentivizing people to take ‘free stuff' instead of to take initiative. This is a prime example of why we should not be spending billions of dollars on these programs.
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