I should have written this months ago, but have taken my time with it and thinking about it. There is a way to solve the "Safety-net" problem in this country with out putting more of a burden on regular folks, and at the same time fixing the problem of "Corporations" not paying their fair share in taxes.
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We do have a problem with some big "Corporations" not paying their fair share in taxes, and since they are the ones causing so many people to be needing use of the "Safety-net", although this will have to start on the state level. We must place in the each state constitution a law that resolves this by diverting any tax return by the corporation that don't pay a living wage, to the state to pay for these programs. This is simple minded, but it would put the "Corporations" on the spot since it would be easy to know which "Corporations" do not pay a living by way of the tax return system cross-checking with the agencies that handle these programs, and since all tax returns include the name of the company that pays them via the W-2 form, the program could be designed to withdraw the amount of benefits that were paid to the worker via these programs, from his/her employer.
Now I know that "Corporations" will fight these laws tooth and nail, but what other way must we do it? After all it is the "Corporations" that get those large tax returns that don't pay a living wage now, and will fight tooth and nail to keep the wages low to begin with (like Wal-Mart) and republicans will do everything in their power to help them do that, and we have all kinds of problems that we need to solve beyond the "Safety-net" problem, that this would force "Corporations" to pay a fair living wage. This would not be easy but if we don't try something like this, we will never be able to get beyond this problem, because people won't see it as a job killer because it will benefit them all.
Along with this, we should put a "LIVING WAGE" amendment in each of the states constitutions while they are fighting the first item, we will slip this one pass them so they won't know what hit them.
Please I would love to have some feedback on this.... also, please take the time to put you opinion in the poll below.