This speech was presented as part of 'Hyde Park' on the state of the legal system in Israel The Public Debate Club

In the public debate, the participants presented positions that touched on the welfare system and its limitations - legal, ethical and economic issues such as: the sources of inequality, different aspects of poverty, and different approaches to addressing the problem of poverty.

Below is a summary of the positions presented as agreed upon during the discussion.

The 'I deserve' culture is the cause of poverty

Yael - psychologist and lecturer

I want to talk about Israel's social problems as I see them. I think they stem from two problems - first of all, a deserving attitude that I see a lot in the public. And the second issue is multiple births.

The first issue, of the "I deserve it" approach refers to people who rely on allowances and support and do not make an effort to finance themselves with their own resources. As someone who works in a public clinic, I see a lot of people of working age, some educated and healthy, living at our expense. Behind closed doors we call them 'reparations' because they think they need to be compensated for injustices - real or imagined, but they don't really bother to work.

These people, who don't bother to support themselves, also give birth to many children. It is not by chance that Bnei Brak and Rahat are the poorest cities in Israel. These are cities where the birth rate is high, the number of people is high, and the poverty rate is also high.
If these families had understood that they would not have support starting with the third child, I doubt if the birth rate would have been so high.

I also want to strengthen these arguments by saying that Israel has a compulsory education law. The state invests a huge fortune in education, and we provide the foundation stones so that they can deal with the job market as it is. Everyone according to their achievements can reach a higher education, therefore there is no reason to continue supporting those who do not want to support themselves.

This approach undermines the state's ability and desire to maintain a policy of support for all. If these children were known that from the age of 18 they depend on themselves with would have made efforts to learn more.

About the public debate club

As part of the club, a monthly 'Hyde Park' is held, that is, an open public discussion on a topical issue, in which each participant presents his positions in a limited time, and receives feedback from the other participants and the moderator Guy Yariv. The goal of the club is to improve public discourse and allow for in-depth discussion of controversial issues while learning rhetoric and improving speech and persuasion skills.
The club is open to the public and includes support for participants who suffer afraid of what Or they have no experience in public speaking.

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Analysis of the problem of poverty

• How did the inequality arise?
• Too many children for those who cannot raise them
• The employment rate is too low in Israel
• More wealth for all - less poverty for the poor
• The 'I deserve' culture is the cause of poverty
• The free market will reward the poor from poverty
• The meaning of social differences

Suggestions for improving the poverty situation

• Free education from kindergarten to university
• Obligation of a license for the birth of children
• negative income tax

Position papers on the subject

• Does the poverty line lie?
• limit the salary of the managers
• Tax on capital gains
• Bringing Haredim and Arabs to work
• The problem of education in the periphery
• Expand the Wisconsin program
• Government intervention in the economy

• How to fight poverty in Israel
• University tuition fees
• Where to limit freedom of speech?
• Religious coercion or Jewish discrimination?

Previous public hearings

• Sex and morality: from porn to pride
• The rule of law: between the High Court of Justice and Alferon
• Medicine and morality: the limitation of the right to life
• Who is to blame for the crisis in the education system?
• Lecture: The development of the economic crisis
• Who should be the prime minister?
• Environmental quality: Is it at any cost?
• What caused the economic crisis?

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