Question by Yahoo Answer Angel: What is the rationale for taking money from hard working people and giving it to an unemployed, drug abusing?
mother of 5 neglected children?
Are we trying to discourage hard work?
Are we trying to reward bad behavior?
As many times as I’ve been reminded of community standards and TOS, it amazes me that, as the questioner who spends his 5 points, the majority of responses are questions back. I must have missed how things work here. Maybe it’s like Jeopardy, I give the answer and you give the question in return?

Best answer:

Answer by Forget War Buy More
No. The question remains then, how does one provide services to those children so that they stop repeating that cycle.

Edit: Most societal questions are simply not answered in a paragrah, but through thoughtful debate.

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