Food Stamps and Medicare BY Mimickers Mike Yelled OFF PDP-5 America, said by many to be the greatest country on Earth, but what some people don’t know is that in total America owes other countries such as China, Japan and Great Britain over 14 trillion dollars . Government aids such as food stamps and medical aid aren’t helping America at all. They are actually putting the U. S. In further debt.
The federal government should not maintain the SNAP and Medical Care programs because the government is in a financial crisis, hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on these programs, people have become lazy and the American people have become dependent on the government for the basic necessities of life. Private charities are better for the people than the federal governments SNAP program. Teaching people the fundamentals of money and how to spend it wisely is something the government isn’t good at and the article “Private Charity Should Replace Welfare” proves it.
In the article Michael Tanner says “Private aid organizations have a better understanding that true charity starts with individuals making better life choices. ” He explains that handing people a check every month does not help them nor does it help the government at all. Furthermore he states that teaching people how to use their money is something the government lacks to do but private charities will be good at. The government doesn’t look at people as individuals. The government doesn’t provide one on one help like private charities do and that is a crucial mistake in aiding the people to a successful life.
Tanner also states “Federal Welfare… It neither reduces poverty nor helps the poor people become self-sufficient. ” This quote states that welfare does not help people overcome poverty. Because the government doesn’t teach people how to manage their money, he people will never overcome poverty. He also argues that people have realized that they can sit at home and do nothing and still get paid. The people on welfare today rely on the government for the basic necessities of life.
Private charities would not only aid the people in getting off welfare and start living a self-sufficient life but it would also help lower the financial crisis that America has been hit with. Medical care spending cuts are essential. The condition our economy is in is the worst it has ever been and it will keep getting worse if we don’t do anything about it. According to most estimates, healthcare spending will consume 20% of the U. S. Gross Domestic Product (GAP) by the end of the next decade, up from 17% this year. Medicare accounts for roughly half of that amount! ” says Nathan Saddled- Naked, a Journalist from Forbes magazine.
The United States government is in a deep hole because they are spending more money than they earn and they dig a deeper hole by borrowing that money from other countries. “The Obama approach involves doing nothing to change our long-term fiscal problems, because it cuts Medicare by $716 billion in order to fund $1. Trillion in new health care spending” says Presidential candidate Mitt Rooney in the article mimes, Beamer Cuts Medicare More Than President Rooney WSDL”. Presidential candidate Mitt Rooney states that his approaches involve resolving our long-term fiscal problems, by stabilizing entitlements and reducing the deficit.
The government officials are forced to make the decision to cut Medical Care spending and decrease the countries deficit once and for all. Opponents to my position would argue that the federal government should maintain the SNAP program because the government is actually benefiting from it. In the article “Access to Food Stamps is Essential for Needy Families” Default states that “For every dollar invested in SNAP over $1. 84 goes back into the economy. ” According to my opponents this states that the government is actually making a profit for all the money they put into the SNAP program.
Default also states that food stamps are one of the most effective stimulus programs out there. Furthermore providing food stamps is not only the right thing to do for the struggling families but it is also beneficial for the government because it is making a profit which provides the overspent with the money they need to repay all the money they owe to other countries. However, their position is incorrect because it’s not the government who pays for the SNAP program.
