by Rob Dacosta

Created on: February 26, 2007   Last Updated: April 30, 2007

People should be able to depend on the availability of welfare, not the perpetual use of it.

To that end welfare should represent more to those in need of it than simply a 'cold' cheque. Giving a person a basic minimum, with or without stiff conditions attached, isn't solving the (core) problem they've come through the door with.

Considering that most people in need of welfare are powerless for the most part the next step is in the hands of the administrators and the larger welfare program. In this respect the 'finger of blame' for high rates of welfare usage can be pointed at the politics which drive these programs from one area to the next.

Society tends to blame the recipient - which is partially, or sometimes justified and easy to do, especially when it doesn't apply to the person making the judgment - but really, the failing of welfare has far more to do with 'aftercare' then with the raw money the public sees up front.

What's that saying about what you do to the least of your brothers?

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