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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Not punishing----making them pay their fair share. Again, why do some believe they deserve a share of other people's money, achievements and success just because they were born????? You want something---go out and EARN it. Instead, we've creating and entire culture of handouts. We even go out of the way to conceal this---for example EBT cards. Why---because they felt pulling out those old food stamps at the grocery checkout was "embarrassing". Good--let them be embarrassed. Maybe it would be an incentive to get off welfare. When welfare was started in the 30's as part of the "new deal", it was a social safety net to prevent starvation in the streets. You got a subsistence living, no more---a cold water flat, a ticket to the government bread and cheese line, no radio, no telephone, no luxuries. Those people would take ANY job to get off "the dole". It was a social stigma and so it should have remained. Instead, we now have 4th generation recipients. And what's worse, they expect it and believe they "deserve" it.
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It is TRUE that NO system is perfect. So, there will be abusers of ANY system. Welfare, started in the 30s was a COMPASSIONATE method of SPREADING America's GREAT WEALTH around to all citizens. In general, success in life has MANY more variables than MERELY hard work. Yard maintenance people today work HARD, but they are NEVER likely to be economically successful. There are many other factors, not just hard work that determines economic success. Who are your parents? How is your HEALTH? What DNA have your parents given to you? What is your IQ. Motivation - some people have high motivation, others lower. Were you ABLE to afford college? We mentioned today that other than sports stars, only rich children of rich parents can afford most colleges. Do you have a teenage criminal violation? Then maybe you can't EVEN get into the military. How hard would that be to come back from..........less than 1% can probably ever do that?
......If you are successful and rich today, then you probably enjoyed MANY advantages. It is NOT just hard work that determines a person's wealth status!