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Originally posted by JrDavis
Simple, They did what Dr. Ron Paul encouraged. Local community help.
A poor house may be something you've heard people mention as if it were a metaphor...actually, poor house or poor farms as they may have been called were facilities to house to poor, mentally ill, elderly, homeless people. Sometimes, even orphaned children were dropped off there. cont...
... much more.
This system was in place prior to the Social Security program and other government backed programs such as "welfare", "section-8", "food stamps", etc. Too many people were being left homeless as they either lost their homes and jobs or because of age; the counties had to do something to handle their local issues.
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Originally posted by DerekJR321
reply to post by jimmiec
Yes.. some helped. But then again, it is also estimated that 12 MILLION American's died due to starvation.
And this is why I am not against programs like SNAP and Welfare for those who really need it. I am currently out of work. I have been applying to jobs non-stop for months. I have an 11-year old son and I am on SNAP. Without it, I don't know how I would feed my son. For people like me, its a life saver. Without it, so many would end up a statistic.
Imagine the Great Depression today, under the same standards as back then. That 12 million would probably be more like a 100 million.
Originally posted by HostileApostle
reply to post by jimmiec
They didn't, they died of hunger.
That is why they came up with welfare.
You see, there were reasons things like welfare, social security, and unemployment came about, it was because they were needed. It wasn't just decided, "hey, even though we don't have a problem, let's come up with a solution".