This is not really about *just* about altruism, it's about our basic stability as a country. You see, when you leave people to rot hopelessly in poverty, they become desperate and tend to turn toward violent crime & drugs - a form of cancer on a society which has a tendency to spread out and WILL EFFECT YOU in one way or another.
Do you know why people are rotting in poverty right now? It's because they can't find a job. Do you know why they can't find a job? It's because the government is regulating the market to much. Businesses, especially small businesses, are trying desperately to ride out this recession, which means little hiring. Now with Obamacare, any small business with over 49 employees will have to pay a fee if they don't pay for health care, and many businesses simply can't afford to provide health care to all of their employees no matter how much they want to. As a result, many businesses are either putting many of their workers on part time or firing them so they can stay under the limit. So not only will employees be fired, even if they are hired they probably won't have health care. If you want to help the poor people, help the businesses and fix the education system. They are the ones who give people a living, not government handouts.
Do you know why people are rotting in poverty right now? It's because they can't find a job. Do you know why they can't find a job? It's because the government is regulating the market to much. Businesses, especially small businesses, are trying desperately to ride out this recession, which means little hiring. Now with Obamacare, any small business with over 49 employees will have to pay a fee if they don't pay for health care, and many businesses simply can't afford to provide health care to all of their employees no matter how much they want to. As a result, many businesses are either putting many of their workers on part time or firing them so they can stay under the limit. So not only will employees be fired, even if they are hired they probably won't have health care. If you want to help the poor people, help the businesses and fix the education system. They are the ones who give people a living, not government handouts.