Family and Business will Always be a Better Source of Welfare then the Government, When Are We Going to Stop Fooling Around? By: Curtis Ophoven 7/2/2010 - 4 Comments Government welfare spending, like most government spending, is on an unsustainable path.    Your Ad Here What do we have to show for decades of government welfare spending? - more and more poverty.  Here is a quick video highlighting the results. The reason that government spending on welfare does not work is because the government has little interest is actually helping people - they don't care.  They are mostly interested in getting re-elected.  The public understands this and it quickly becomes a game of buying votes and emotional storied to push for more welfare programs that only perpetuate the problem. The one and only solution to poverty is hard work, saving and a community or family that gives a shit.  When you lose your job and you family helps you out, you realize that they are making sacrifices to help you because they actually care.  This creates motivation for you to get a job as soon as you can and perhaps help someone else in your family when they need help.  Government programs disconnect the person getting the money from the person that is sacrificing to give you the money.  The money that is given to people has no personal connection because it is socialized on the public through higher taxes and an ever increase in the national debt.   If you know the person that you are helping, you both gain from the relationship that forces you to trust and respect each other.  This character that is learned during a time of economy downturn becomes the foundation of the financial education of the next generation and the motivation for entrepreneurs to take their turn and become productive. Likewise, business enterprise cannot exist without providing products that people actually need at a price they can afford to pay.   If government welfare programs were not involved in driving up prices and limiting supplies, businesses would be forced to produce the things that customer need at whatever prices they could afford. Left alone, business enterprise is the best source of community welfare.  Business enterprise is the only true source of real jobs and goods.  It is government regulations and taxes and economic policy that distort the market that results in an increase in poverty and the loss of motivation to dare to dream of becoming a world class entrepreneur, creating wealth and increasing the standard of living for everyone involved. Family and business will always be a better source of welfare then the government. When are we going to stop our foolish ways and cut the government out of the racket they are in?   Related Articles The Reason the Rich are Getting Richer is Because Inflation Pushes Money Up and Inflation is Accelerating Obama’s Student Loan Reform is a Marxist Idea that Will Push the Economy Further into the Abyss Obama’s Recession and His Job Destroying Agenda 5 Ways to Turn Around the Economy Why Obama's Goal to Reduce Inequality Will Not Work   Subscribe via RSS Copyright © 2010 PennyJobs.com. All rights reserved. << FREE >> Weekly Newsletter... Signup today and start receiving our free weekly newsletter! Reader Comments Comment 1 Sally Says: on Friday, July 02, 2010 6:21:06 PM Not only for welfare but also for protection as many cities continue to lay off their police forces: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/california-cities-start-shutting-down-police-forces-to-close-budget-gaps.html Comment 2 Mo Says: on Monday, July 05, 2010 7:50:31 PM You're not kidding Sally, there are HUGE protests and riots over here in Italy & Greece that are coming to America soon! http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0626/1224273365966.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jun/29/emu-greece Comment 3 I better get married so I have a family Says: on Monday, July 05, 2010 7:53:10 PM http://www.lewrockwell.com/celente/celente38.1.html Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation, that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be more about obtaining food, not gifts. “We’re going to see the end of the retail Christmas….we’re going to see a fundamental shift take place….putting food on the table is going to be more important that putting gifts under the Christmas tree,” said Celente, adding that the situation would be “worse than the great depression.” “America’s going to go through a transition the likes of which no one is prepared for,” said Celente, noting that people’s refusal to acknowledge that America was even in a recession highlights how big a problem denial is in being ready for the true scale of the crisis. “There will be a revolution in this country,” he said. “It’s not going to come yet, but it’s going to come down the line and we’re going to see a third party and this was the catalyst for it: the takeover of Washington, D. C., in broad daylight by Wall Street in this bloodless coup. And it will happen as conditions continue to worsen.” Write a Comment Please keep comments civil and on-topic. Abusive or inappropriate comments will be removed without warning.  Name (required)     Email Address (required)     Website URL  Comment

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