Let's talk about income inequality

[SunsetBengal]

(06-06-2015, 10:29 AM)Beaker Wrote: I responded in bold to your solutions. The problem is, we already have most of those in place. 

On the birth control point, I've thought the idea of incentivizing voluntary long term birth control should be considered. For example, if someone has two kids, instead of giving them more welfare to have more kids, how about giving them more to NOT have more kids? If a woman chooses to get birth control implants that are good for 5 years, she gets a bigger check. If she voluntarily gets her tubes tied, she gets an even bigger check. That way, people on welfare are having fewer children, and the children they already have are provided for better since they are getting more money to do so with the voluntary action. I feel that even though the process could be totally voluntary, some would oppose saying its coercion. I think some lawmakers see a value in a dependent constituency.

Here in my county we have a school called the career center. Students who are not going to college can enter in their junior year and get trained in things like construction, HVAC, and electrical trades. But they also have programs for veterinary assistants, firefighters and police traing, and cosmetology.....among may others. I think a return to more ideas like that are important. But we have misguidedly gotten the idea that all students should go to college. As nice as that sounds, its just not realistic. Not all students are cut out for continued academics.

So those are two of my solutions I think would help.

I can agree with what you say, to a point.  However, I'm not for rewarding people to not help themselves become productive members of society.

Rather than increase the amount of money given to just sit idle, how about the incentive comes in the form of free tuition at Community College or Vocational Training, along with free or subsidized child care?  Raising the amount of assistance given to people not working, only increases the "comfort level", without providing any incentive to do better than just sitting around and taking whatever the government is giving, for doing nothing.