Re: An Unnatrual Disaster

Posted by Paul in Mich on September 02, 2005 at 20:36:52 from (64.12.117.7):

In Reply to: Re: An Unnatrual Disaster posted by Redd on September 02, 2005 at 18:59:58:

Redd, poverty in and of itself does not erode moral values. Many people who live in what many of us would deem poverty are fine upstanding citizens, and maintain a strong family togetherness and posess within them a fine moral standard. Welfare, however, does indeed erode moral values, simply because it is human nature to show less respect for something that is unattainable such as ownership of property, or that which is not earned. Welfare, while intended by many well meaning people to set people free from the bondage of poverty does just the exact opposite. It enslaves the very people was intended to free. I have talked to many able bodied people who have stated that they can"t work, because to do so would mean that they lose their welfare benefits. These people are enslaved into poverty, as they will never gain any wealth. There are no rich people living on welfare. Oh sure there are rich people getting govt handouts, and they depend on govt for these subsidies, but doesn"t that make them slaves to the system? There is no government on earth that has the moral authority to reach into one persons pocket and place the contents into another persons pocket. That isnt even benevolence, it is out and out theft. Yet there are those who think that they are entitled to such theft. You are absolutely right. Poverty does not give anyone the right to riot and take what belongs to someone else. If a man is hungry, ask me and I will give him a meal. If he is cold and tired, I will give him a warm place to lay his head, but if that same man steals from me without asking or has an agent, such as government steal for him, then it doesnt make the government a generous entity, it makes the government a thief.

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