I just finished having a chat with my nephew. He, along with his wife and family, are self-less individuals, who have given up the luxuries of American life and dedicated themselves to helping the less fortunate of this world. And I mean world – they’ve worked with the homeless in California and just recently came home from a long stint in Thailand and Burma to rest up and have their fourth child. Their missionary work is supported by churches and other charities – and those charities are completely supported by individuals like us who voluntarily give of their time and money to support them – and that’s the way it should be.
For years when you needed a helping hand you were helped first by family, and then by your church. And when that help came, it came with stipulations. “We’ll help you, we’ll make sure that you don’t starve, and we’ll help you get back on your feet, but you have to be willing to work with us – you have to at least look for work. Don’t sit on the couch all day playing video games.” For years this was the way people were helped – they didn’t starve and their self respect remained intact. Codependency is not good for anybody but when our government creates programs for the poor, needy, and destitute that’s exactly what they’re doing – creating needy, codependent people. They’ve spawned a generation who don’t rely on themselves or family any longer, they now rely on the government. The proof that this doesn’t work is simply this – count how many people are still poor today after all these years of liberal programs. We’ve poured billions of dollars into these liberal ideas and “plans to help the poor” yet it’s worse than ever. The only explanation is that liberals are either stupid or they’re doing it on purpose. I believe it is a pre-meditated plan based on full knowledge of the sustainable outcome. The only way that liberals can get re-elected and stay in power is to make their voters believe that without them they are lost. And they use our tax dollars to accomplish this feat!
I’m convinced that when we make changes in our “programs” to shift the burden back to family and the church we will see a surprising number of people becoming self sufficient and off the government rolls. We saw it in 1994 with the Contract With America and welfare reform. We need to make sure that we do the right thing in the coming elections – we need to replace anyone who promulgates these liberal ideas of codependency with people of integrity, people of conscience, people who know the Constitution, and will make sure that America becomes self-reliant again. The consequences of such a reform will mean that we’ll have elected people who understand capitalism and know how to get this country moving again – they will create jobs that will last!