Below is a link to Doug Ross' blog which contains the transcript to an interview with Mark Levin, American lawyer, author and conservative commentator. In this interview, Levin discusses the possible outcomes if and when the Social Welfare system was to eventually collapse.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/03/mark-levin-transcipt-what-happens-when.html
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Social Welfare and Poverty
The goal of social welfare programs both in the United States and globally is to reduce the rate of poverty. However, this has been widely argued and debated, particularly in the United States, whether or not welfare programs actually achieve this goal.
According to the Luxembourg Income Study, in 2000, 2.3% of the United States' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was used for social welfare expenditures. 26.4% of the poverty was reduced.http://www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/188.pdf
Opponents of Welfare
Those who oppose welfare take up the argument that the social welfare programs in fact do not lower the poverty rate at all and creates a disincentive for people to work. According to Charles Murray in his book, Losing Ground, welfare actually increases poverty.
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