> Cam wrote: > which was that there are a ton of > people out there cheating the system, no matter what the system.
That's an interesting point to the topic, which are the core types of people that need a safety net? I'd toss out these from my experience: 1.) The yeah-I-fecked-up type that are hard working, but just screwed up and need some help. 2.) The that-dude-ruined-everything-for-me types. A good example is the woman whose husband turns out to be an alcoholic and leaves the family. If she doesn't have any work experience she's going to have a tough time of it. 3.) The born-under-a-bad-sign types. These people try, but can't seem to get traction. 4.) The slugs that'll take everything and give nothing. 5.) Handicapped ... oops, 'alternatively abled'. Good gov't policy should try to differentiate and provide clever solutions such as Maureen suggested. 3 or the 5 need some level of education which should necessarily include intense career engineering (choosing a career, finding jobs, marketing yourself, interviewing skills, the big picture) and bureaucratic systems training (how financing works, debt, how to keep records, how to get information about procedures, policies, etc.) In a nutshell, the policies should be measured by how much wealth they create. For example, Social workers could be paid by commission to help get their salaries up. The more people you're able to turn from wealth consumers to producers the higher your bonus. Further, quarterly reviews of policy (successes/failures) should be reviewed at a local level and a board should be able to quickly fine tune policy to a given area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194983 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
