Welfare in America Part 1
It is tax time and DocBrain, like many other tax payers, has been thinking about welfare. DocBrain is a compassionate person but also one who doesn't like being duped. So, DocBrain did a little research on welfare.
Welfare is loosely based on the concept of charity for the poor. While classic charity is voluntary, state run welfare programs take specified amounts of money from working individuals and give it to nonworking individuals of employable age. The nonworking individual must meet certain criteria. Poverty is classically defined as inability to be self reliant, or the inability to support a level of consumption in excess of basic needs.
The intent of welfare is to support those who are not self reliant at a level slightly above basic needs through mandatory taxation of those who are self reliant.
As usual, the devil is in the details. “Inability to be self reliant” includes indisputable groups such as the mentally handicapped, the physically handicapped, and the psychologically impaired. It also includes the less universally accepted groups of the under-educated, the lazy, the addicts, the alcoholics, and those who have the belief that work would expose them to derision or harassment.
DocBrain believes that “Arbeit macht menschenwurde”, or work makes dignity. People do and should feel good about themselves according to their accomplishments. DocBrain believes that any society that does not accept that work makes dignity as a basic concept is doomed to failure. We can feel good about ourselves by providing some level of positive existence for those who cannot work.
DocBrain does not believe that it is the job of the working person to support the lifestyles of alcoholics, addicts, the lazy, the under-educated, and those who see education or work as a source of derision or harassment. DocBrain believes that the true victims of welfare are not just the taxpayers, but more importantly are the children raised by the welfare recieving alcoholics, addicts, lazy, under-educated and those who see work or education as a source of derision or harassment.
The end of Part 1
Welfare is loosely based on the concept of charity for the poor. While classic charity is voluntary, state run welfare programs take specified amounts of money from working individuals and give it to nonworking individuals of employable age. The nonworking individual must meet certain criteria. Poverty is classically defined as inability to be self reliant, or the inability to support a level of consumption in excess of basic needs.
The intent of welfare is to support those who are not self reliant at a level slightly above basic needs through mandatory taxation of those who are self reliant.
As usual, the devil is in the details. “Inability to be self reliant” includes indisputable groups such as the mentally handicapped, the physically handicapped, and the psychologically impaired. It also includes the less universally accepted groups of the under-educated, the lazy, the addicts, the alcoholics, and those who have the belief that work would expose them to derision or harassment.
DocBrain believes that “Arbeit macht menschenwurde”, or work makes dignity. People do and should feel good about themselves according to their accomplishments. DocBrain believes that any society that does not accept that work makes dignity as a basic concept is doomed to failure. We can feel good about ourselves by providing some level of positive existence for those who cannot work.
DocBrain does not believe that it is the job of the working person to support the lifestyles of alcoholics, addicts, the lazy, the under-educated, and those who see education or work as a source of derision or harassment. DocBrain believes that the true victims of welfare are not just the taxpayers, but more importantly are the children raised by the welfare recieving alcoholics, addicts, lazy, under-educated and those who see work or education as a source of derision or harassment.
The end of Part 1
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