Social Services?

Should we disband the social services? It seems like a waste of taxpayers funding to me. I would love to hear from somebody NOT related to the social services, who has actually benefited from the social services "provided".

Social Services?
My family and I have. Only a pittance of course but some help. We all paid in when we were able to work, and got back when we needed it.
Reply:Ah, Grasshopper. The true answer to your question can be found in any third world country. Each day, in many of these countries, people, no different from yourself, become blind, crippled or mentally defective. There are no social services to deal with these people. Children, no different from your own, root through garbage piles for something to eat or sell themselves for sex. There are no social services to deal with these people either. Many are deprived of even simple education. The water is unfit to drink, food supplies often unfit to eat. Housing unfit to live in. Sewage flows in the 'streets' and the smoke of buring trash hangs in the air. Now compare that to the USA, a society that in spite of folks such as yourself, has made a decision to reduce the above problems as much as possible. The social and physical infrastructure of a country determines the kind of country it is. Somehow, in spite of all the false 'religion' that gets tossed around, Americans do have a core value that insists the the 'hungry be fed, we give drink to those that thirst, we clothe the naked, take care of the sick and raise up the widow and the orphan'. While all this may have some financial cost, the social cost of not doing these things would be a slap in the face to what we claim to be. I hope that answered your question!
Reply:I know what you mean, my son has been diagnosed with sugar diabetes. He hasnt worked since May. I have carried his bills and mine since May. My savings are gone, I work 40 hrs a week, and am 73 yrs old. Do you think I can get help from anyone... *^%%26amp;( no. He also has no medical insurance. so i pay all office visits and all medication. What worries me sick is what happens when we use up the last bit of money. Help?? i think if we were illegal aliens sure. But not just plain old American Citizens.
Reply:Does it occur to you that if no one was benefitting from the program but the social service workers themselves, it wouldn't have lasted this long? Drive past one of their buildings. The parking lot isn't empty. Until there are no longer people who need them, the only people who consider them a waste are those who have never needed them. Could they be organized better? Sure, but what government branch couldn't?





Edit: Welfare began forcing people into work during the Clinton administration when Republicans passed a bill they thought would "wipe out" welfare. Since it did not address the real causes of welfare, it failed. But the way welfare was set up originally was a guarantee that a large number of people would remain on it for generations. But "welfare reform" was not set up to guarantee jobs for social service workers. It was set up to continue to oppress people who with the proper help could actually eventually be able to support themselves!
Reply:Nope but all ive heard is about they're screw jobs and standards higher than a god dam slut.
Reply:I have benefited from social services- I became disabled and unable to work while I waited for Canada pension-disability to start social services was there to assist me. Since then they top up my pension to meet my living needs-they cover all my medical from prescriptions to equipment to eye-glasses and dental.


Social services is an agency that like all bureaucratic offices has it's flaws and of course there are many people abusing the system but for those who need it it is a Godsend.


What is needed is a system that can weed out the abusers and hold them accountable and the staff to do the same.
Reply:we should not disband it rather improve it