Welfare vs charity

Two Dogs posted this yesterday:

For poor people to stay poor they have to continue to do exactly what people that are poor do, which is NOTHING. There are plenty of folks that lose their jobs, have very little money for a short period of time, and then get another job. They suffer setbacks. But, the folks that are perpetually poor do not follow that model.

If you want poor folks to enjoy the success that UNpoor folks enjoy in this country, QUIT GIVING THEM FREE STUFF. Just stop doing it.

If you look back across the years, you shall notice that instead of reducing the number of poor folks in this country, government subsidies have INCREASED them to the point of entire families never having hit a lick at a snake. I have seen this exact thing with three complete generations of a family living in a Section 8 housing complex for their entire lives with no one in the family ever having a job.

Patrick commented, "Why did you climb Everest?" Because it was there. "Why are you on welfare?" That answer is definitely obvious.

I remember back in my youth, my parents would tell me to stay away from the bums, they were not good people. Now, there are entire government and private agencies set up to EXALT the bums. Folks, that is screwed up.

We have gotten to the point of actually allowing others to make us feel guilty for NOT wanting to help people that obviously DO NOT want to do anything for themselves.

Welfare is my biggest peeve. Living in the welfare state of the UK, I saw what Big Brother does to humans. It reduces them to dependent children. No - it actually reduces them to dependent cretins. This is what I said to TD:

Today one of my trailer park tenants asked me to fill out a form so that he could get his rent money from AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children.) I was glad to do it. He was recently injured on his job and he's a single dad (as I was once) with two kids 1 and 3. Ex-wife's a druggie.

Sometimes the safety net works but it's not worth the price of the destruction of our culture. Private charity is more efficient because it deals with individuals rather than statistics and identifies those who are worthy of helping. We are inclined to help those who help themselves. The government simply sees statistics. We see character.

I would have helped my tenant anyway. Right now, out of my 40 tenants, 4 are struggling and I'm working with them to slowly pay off what they owe me. I'm taking a chance but, if they do right by me, they will really have helped themselves. If they shaft me, they'll be finished for life. I will never help them again.

Helping people out through private charity because you trust them is the only solution. Government hand-outs will never work.