Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-13-08 Earth Continuum 7 197
My Dad used to tell us boys that for every working man you got ten trying to figure out how to live off his labors. Well nowadays I feel as though that number might be 20 or thirty. The welfare system in America wasn't supposed to be a way to make a living generation after generation, as a way of life, but instead it was created to help people in a bind to get through a hard time till they get back on their feet. The retirement aspect of the social security was for folks that had actually paid into the system during their working years and then during their golden years of retirement actually draw back some of that savings as a monthly income. The system is broke, and will no longer function as intended, for one reason and that is you got all these baby boomers retiring about 10,000 a day, while at the same time you have less and less people in the work force. Welfare is the organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups. Aid could include general Welfare payments, health care through Medicaid, food stamps, special payments for pregnant women and young mothers, and federal and state housing benefits.
The Welfare system in the United States began in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Opponents of Welfare argue that it affects work incentives. 46,700,000 Americans are on food stamps and 5,600,000 Americans are collecting unemployment. The United States spends $131.9 billion dollars annually on welfare. However, this figure does not include food stamps or unemployment. As you can tell, the United States spends a fortune each year on welfare, food stamps, and unemployment.Within the 4,300,000 Americans on welfare there are over 40 states that pay more than $8 dollars an hour, 7 states that pay more than $12 dollars an hour, and 9 states that pay more than the average salary of a teacher. Americans who make up to $1000 dollars per month may qualify for welfare. The United States government spends over $60,000 dollars per household in poverty. The goal of the welfare system is to bring families above the poverty line; however, the amount of money being filtered into these homes isn’t always obtaining these results. Because of abuse of the system, and poor management the welfare system is rapidly racking up billions of dollars while creating a system of chaos.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-14-08 Earth Continuum 7 196
As the economical and political, systems continue to unravel the stability of the community farm, is looking more promising to many people.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-15-08 Earth Continuum 7 195
Rained all day, so spent time working in the shops repairing stuff.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-16-08 Earth Continuum 7 194
Doing some research on the best cities in America for bicycles. Gosh we have got a long way to go to get biking to where it needs to be.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-17-24-08 Earth Continuum 7 193-186
Time travelling,
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-25-08 Earth Continuum 7 185
Statistics are showing that the masses are moving back into urban, suburban areas faster than ever. The inner city groups all over America are pushing for the revitalization of downtown. I see this as the final lure to get people back into the giant man trap of a civilization gone mad. Cities cannot survive without citizens, so basically the cities now are becoming an amusement park with all the attractions of a carnival, except the dark ugly sideshows are being hid from the public. Truth is, yes it can be harder to survive in the country until one gets a self-sufficient lifestyle established where at some point the farm becomes self replicating. Not to many people are willing to put in this kind of effort, or would even know how. In a way moving back into the cities is a cop out, not to mention the spreading of the urban cancer that has already terraformed a once thriving planet.
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