Re: Judith Hansen’s 10/02/09 column,declaring “those who have more than they need
are morally obligated to see that those who do not have enough should have at
least clean water, adequate nutrition, shelter and basic healthcare”.
Collectivism SOUNDS noble; problem is implementing it reduces
everyone to the lowest common denominator, as witnessed around the globe today,
i.e. equal misery.
Who does Ms. Hansen envision coordinating all this giving
and taking?Who decides which people
have “enough” and which don’t?The
government?They already do, so what’s
her beef?
The government has created so many “entitlement” programs
(notoriously fraudulent, wasteful, inefficient) placing such a heavy tax burden
on productive citizens that most can’t give to private charities (where helping
the needy properly belongs) as they might like. The percentage of truly indigent afflicted is
small and easily cared for.
Hospitals are going broke and closing down all across the
nation due to non-payment by illegal aliens and others.
The results of this myriad of “entitlements” are hostility
from recipients growing to expect more and more unearned largesse, and a huge
impediment to hardworking, taxpaying citizens…punishing them for their
production and rewarding others, regardless of merit. A lose, lose debacle.”Welfare” is a character
killer, plain and simple.Self-respect
must be earned; it cannot be given.
Ms. Hansen says we “are already paying for some of these
things”.No, we are already paying for
ALL these things.Never in history has
so much money been thrown at every “social problem” imaginable and never has
there been so much dysfunction, delusion, irresponsibility, injustice, and
outright corruption top to bottom.Further,
the more money thrown at government programs the more disgracefully deviant
they become.
Just because you exist Ms. Hansen, does not give you the “right”
to one minute of anyone’s life.
