What is evil? Why, evil is greed. What is greed? It is to want more than one gives. What is government doing? Educating and outreaching to let people know about all the free goodies they can have without having to bust their behinds.
I was in a conversation this weekend with a very nice lady who explained her predicament. She grew up with a single mom in public housing. She was poor. There was no way she would be going to college without the help of government. I grew up in a poor family, too; but the parents made it clear I would be dead meat if I didn’t get all A’s because that was the best way to get scholarships. Of course, now the degree doesn’t mean anything because anybody and their mother who can fill out an application for a government loan can get the same piece of paper for getting D’s for high-school level work.
But I diverge. In the same conversation, I learned of a poor lady who was going to lose her food stamps. If food stamps are so scarce, why are there so many ads inviting people to see if they are eligible? Why do schools require all students to fill out applications to test eligibility? Why are we bombarded with ads enticing moms to leave their children to the care of the state and borrow money from the negative-valued government in order to go to college? Why do so many do-gooders try to make the world a better place by educating people about all the freebies they can get?
Not too long ago, I was practically jobless, bringing in as little as $57 some weeks. Several ultra-conservative friends came to my rescue and offered me welfare/workfare. I accepted, as I felt they really wanted to help, and I needed it. As for my progressive friends, when I asked if they knew of any jobs, they went to work scrounging for forms to sign up for government – somebody else – to give me stuff with no balance of trade. Said forms would grow the nanny state, reinforcing the notion that some form of godhood divides the elected from the unelected.
