Currently we maintain a ludicrous welfare system that encourages individuals to remain poor to be able to keep getting government help. This needs to be eliminated, there is no problem with everyone getting something from the government so long as that system is not tied to what occurs in their life such as income or other life choices.
I suggest the following fixes.
Each individual will be given $150 per month for a home, this does not go away for any reason, so long as they are a citizen then they get the money, however the funds are not given directly to the person, the funds are paid out only to a registered mortgage or rental company, an individual may only have 1 company be paid each month and only UP to $150 per month. These funds are provided for everyone including new borns, however anyone under the age of 18 those funds are directed and used by their guardians. So a family of 6 would be provided with a total of $900 per month to pay for a home.
This program is not mean to help the individual or family to live in luxury but should allow them to have a nice place to stay. Obviously a single person will not find a nice place for $150 a month but should they choose to get roommates they could easily maintain a nice apartment with those funds.
Along with this program there will be a new law fining anyone who is homeless with the exception of anyone who does pass a psychological exam. Anyone who does not pass the exam would be admitted to a care center, the same would go for any elderly individual who could not care for themselves. At that point their funds are paid to the care center.
With the renewable energy plan the homes would also have free electricity and therefore they would have heat, air, light and all the necessities in that regards.
The second main fix, is providing food, every individual will be given $100 per month for food, these funds are given to the individual in a way similar to the current food stamp program, were the funds are placed on a debit card and can be spent anywhere but only on food products, cash can never be received. Again, anyone under 18 years of age receive the benefits also but the funds are put on the caregivers card. A family of 6 would receive $600 a month for food. Again this is not to allow the person to live luxuriously but to maintain a higher level of living and to eliminate poverty.
With the above programs, the energy program and the medical program every single individual in the country that is a legal citizen would have a home, food, electricity, and medical care for free, raising the standard of living in the nation to a significantly higher level.
Again these funds are given to everyone, whether your 2 years old or 100 years old, whether you make $10k a year or 1 billion a year. There is no restrictions.
The cost of the program would be roughly 300 billion per year for food, 540 billion per year for housing.
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