[Indydealmaker]

Possibly you all should clarify your disdain for freebies (which I share). Qualify the freebies as unearned freebies. In other words not scholarships and grants for education which normally require some performance qualifiers.

It is always easy to point out the exception to the rule. The niece, granddaughter, son of a friend, etc. who get a break and climb out of the pit to excel. The reality is that hand outs are not hand ups. If this was invalid we would be buried in data showing the success of all of the welfare programs. Yet, no one trumpets a myriad of such success stories, only hit and miss anecdotes.

Those voting with their hearts have got to dig deep to realize that continued hand outs serve to enslave the recipients. We need to rework public assistance in such a manner that everyone can see the light at the end of the tunnel.