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| WELFARE DESTROYS THE HUMAN SPIRIT By: Trent (All rights reserved) |
We all need help from time to time. We turn to family. We turn to friends and loved ones. We might turn to our
Churches. There is nothing wrong with that. We are all human. Sometimes we just need a hand-up. What no
one needs is a hand-out. There is a world of difference between the two. A hand-up might be finding a friend a
job or loaning them some money until they get back on their feet. A hand-out would be giving this person money
and not asking to repaid ever. A hand-up might involve going to a soup kitchen and working and receiving a meal
for your effort. A hand-out would be going to a soup kitchen and demanding a meal without giving anything back
in return. A hand-up might include graciously accepting clothing donations. A hand-out would be expecting those
donations to be designer labels and then complaining when they're not. It is actions but it is also attitudes. It is the
decisions we make on how we want to live our lives. I believe that we truly appreciate items that we have worked
hard for. I believe that when things are given to us, and I'm not talking about gifts, there is less value in these items.
The work environment is set-up to reward good behavior and good choices. When a person earns money by
working a job, any job, there is a satisfaction that comes with that. There is a sense of pride. There is a sense of
the can-do spirit. Even if you hate your job, you still have the honor of being able to provide for yourself and your
family. If you lose that job and are no longer providing for yourself and your family, there is a part of you that is
crushed. You will do anything to get back on your feet. The human spirit demands that you take care of yourself
and those that you love. It does, at least, if you have worked and you have done for yourself.
The whole welfare system is set up to reward bad behavior. I know that there are some stories of people being
on welfare and then becoming extremely productive citizens. I am not talking about these people. They looked at
welfare as a hand-up not a hand-out and did something about their situation. Remember, it is an attitude as well.
I'm talking about the people who accept welfare and don't have any plans or desires to get off welfare. I'm talking
about people that have food donated to them because they are hungry, but won't even assist in the cooking or the
cleaning up. They have an attitude of, "I deserve to be given food." instead of "Thank goodness someone cared
enough to help me when I'm down." The person who thinks, "I deserve this food" has no human spirit. How can
they? How can they expect other people to work and for them to reap the rewards? How can they feel pride in
allowing others to always do for them? How can they know that sense of accomplishment when finishing a hard
day's work? How can they feel the satisfaction of receiving a paycheck? They can't. There is no human spirit
involved in receiving a welfare check. You can have human spirit and receive a welfare check though. If you are
looking at that check as a hand-up and not a hand-out. If you look at that check as a short term solution.
Unfortunately, too many welfare recipients see that check as their means of making a living. There is no pride felt.
There is no shame felt. There is no human spirit left to feel either emotion.
The longer a person accepts something for nothing, the easier it becomes. The longer a person accepts something
for nothing, the more they expect and demand it. This is today's welfare system. The longer someone works and
provides for themselves, the easier it becomes. The longer someone works and provides for themselves, the more
they expect and demand to be able to provide for themselves. This is the human spirit. Welfare destroys the
human spirit.
Churches. There is nothing wrong with that. We are all human. Sometimes we just need a hand-up. What no
one needs is a hand-out. There is a world of difference between the two. A hand-up might be finding a friend a
job or loaning them some money until they get back on their feet. A hand-out would be giving this person money
and not asking to repaid ever. A hand-up might involve going to a soup kitchen and working and receiving a meal
for your effort. A hand-out would be going to a soup kitchen and demanding a meal without giving anything back
in return. A hand-up might include graciously accepting clothing donations. A hand-out would be expecting those
donations to be designer labels and then complaining when they're not. It is actions but it is also attitudes. It is the
decisions we make on how we want to live our lives. I believe that we truly appreciate items that we have worked
hard for. I believe that when things are given to us, and I'm not talking about gifts, there is less value in these items.
The work environment is set-up to reward good behavior and good choices. When a person earns money by
working a job, any job, there is a satisfaction that comes with that. There is a sense of pride. There is a sense of
the can-do spirit. Even if you hate your job, you still have the honor of being able to provide for yourself and your
family. If you lose that job and are no longer providing for yourself and your family, there is a part of you that is
crushed. You will do anything to get back on your feet. The human spirit demands that you take care of yourself
and those that you love. It does, at least, if you have worked and you have done for yourself.
The whole welfare system is set up to reward bad behavior. I know that there are some stories of people being
on welfare and then becoming extremely productive citizens. I am not talking about these people. They looked at
welfare as a hand-up not a hand-out and did something about their situation. Remember, it is an attitude as well.
I'm talking about the people who accept welfare and don't have any plans or desires to get off welfare. I'm talking
about people that have food donated to them because they are hungry, but won't even assist in the cooking or the
cleaning up. They have an attitude of, "I deserve to be given food." instead of "Thank goodness someone cared
enough to help me when I'm down." The person who thinks, "I deserve this food" has no human spirit. How can
they? How can they expect other people to work and for them to reap the rewards? How can they feel pride in
allowing others to always do for them? How can they know that sense of accomplishment when finishing a hard
day's work? How can they feel the satisfaction of receiving a paycheck? They can't. There is no human spirit
involved in receiving a welfare check. You can have human spirit and receive a welfare check though. If you are
looking at that check as a hand-up and not a hand-out. If you look at that check as a short term solution.
Unfortunately, too many welfare recipients see that check as their means of making a living. There is no pride felt.
There is no shame felt. There is no human spirit left to feel either emotion.
The longer a person accepts something for nothing, the easier it becomes. The longer a person accepts something
for nothing, the more they expect and demand it. This is today's welfare system. The longer someone works and
provides for themselves, the easier it becomes. The longer someone works and provides for themselves, the more
they expect and demand to be able to provide for themselves. This is the human spirit. Welfare destroys the
human spirit.
| COMMENTS |
I received this response to this editorial from a wonderful woman I know. It is a perfect example of the difference
in attitudes I talked about in my editorial.
I was ABOUT to get VERY upset with you (but you clarified yourself)...FYI....when I left my
ex-husband, the kids and I went on food stamps and all. Currently, we still get them, they get medicaid,
I go to school on Pell grants. Yes, it's a handout, but no. I don't not appreciate it. I've worked hard and
gone into debt with additional student loans to pay expenses while I'm in school so that I don't have to
"work". I think being the mother of 3 children, being there for them after school for homework, etc, and
having one with special needs, going to school full time myself (completed a 2 yr degree in 1 yr) and
continuing on with the bachelor's degree is a far cry from your attitude/behavior of the general stereo
typical welfare person. In May of 2007 I will graduate with a degree in marketing. I'm working on
changing my resume to highlight my education rather than experience and will be putting it into the
"pool" at the university which will help me find an internship job and a job after school. I thank those
who complain and think it's a waste every day. I know people like me are few and far between who use
the system for what is was intended for...getting back on your feet. I want them all to know that it is
worth it...for the few of us that are in the welfare system due to divorces or life crisis. It means
something to me. Without the help...my human spirit would be gone as my dreams and hopes for me and
my children would be gone with it. Thank you. ----Vanessa
And my response:
I will disagree with something you said. At the very top, you said, "Yes it's a handout." I don't think that it is for
you. It is a hand-up for you. You have plans. You are doing something about your situation. You are using the
system for what it was meant for. You are NOT taking advantage of it. You have human spirit. The spirit that
says, "I will not accept this lot in life. I will do something to make my life better. I will do something to make my
kids' lives better." That attitude is NOT about hand outs. It is about a hand up.
People getting hand-outs don't go to school to get a degree so that they can get a good job. They sit back and
wait for things to be given to them. That is not you at all. You most certainly do have human spirit.
And I thank you for reading the whole editorial to see what it was that I was trying to get across. --- Trent
I just want to add that when we give someone a hand-up it's more of an investment in the future of our
country and a hand-out is just like throwing money out the window. With some people you can throw all
the money at them that you want to but they'll never change and their situation will never get better.
But some people are not only grateful for the chance to make their lives better but they will work hard
and get out of the welfare system. These people end up not only being productive members of our
society but they teach their children the value of hard work so that they in turn will be productive. ---
Katie
in attitudes I talked about in my editorial.
I was ABOUT to get VERY upset with you (but you clarified yourself)...FYI....when I left my
ex-husband, the kids and I went on food stamps and all. Currently, we still get them, they get medicaid,
I go to school on Pell grants. Yes, it's a handout, but no. I don't not appreciate it. I've worked hard and
gone into debt with additional student loans to pay expenses while I'm in school so that I don't have to
"work". I think being the mother of 3 children, being there for them after school for homework, etc, and
having one with special needs, going to school full time myself (completed a 2 yr degree in 1 yr) and
continuing on with the bachelor's degree is a far cry from your attitude/behavior of the general stereo
typical welfare person. In May of 2007 I will graduate with a degree in marketing. I'm working on
changing my resume to highlight my education rather than experience and will be putting it into the
"pool" at the university which will help me find an internship job and a job after school. I thank those
who complain and think it's a waste every day. I know people like me are few and far between who use
the system for what is was intended for...getting back on your feet. I want them all to know that it is
worth it...for the few of us that are in the welfare system due to divorces or life crisis. It means
something to me. Without the help...my human spirit would be gone as my dreams and hopes for me and
my children would be gone with it. Thank you. ----Vanessa
And my response:
I will disagree with something you said. At the very top, you said, "Yes it's a handout." I don't think that it is for
you. It is a hand-up for you. You have plans. You are doing something about your situation. You are using the
system for what it was meant for. You are NOT taking advantage of it. You have human spirit. The spirit that
says, "I will not accept this lot in life. I will do something to make my life better. I will do something to make my
kids' lives better." That attitude is NOT about hand outs. It is about a hand up.
People getting hand-outs don't go to school to get a degree so that they can get a good job. They sit back and
wait for things to be given to them. That is not you at all. You most certainly do have human spirit.
And I thank you for reading the whole editorial to see what it was that I was trying to get across. --- Trent
I just want to add that when we give someone a hand-up it's more of an investment in the future of our
country and a hand-out is just like throwing money out the window. With some people you can throw all
the money at them that you want to but they'll never change and their situation will never get better.
But some people are not only grateful for the chance to make their lives better but they will work hard
and get out of the welfare system. These people end up not only being productive members of our
society but they teach their children the value of hard work so that they in turn will be productive. ---
Katie
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