The Welfare State and it's effects

[Rattler]

People have said America was never great and our past had issues.  Compared to today, I'd take our past any day.

 

Thomas Sowell:

 

"Before there can be a welfare state in a democratic country, there must first be a welfare state vision that becomes sufficiently pervasive to allow a welfare state to be created. That vision, in which people are 'entitled' to what others have produced, is at the heart of the social degeneration that can be traced back to the 1960s. Teenage pregnancies, venereal diseases, dependency on government and murder rates were all going down during the much disdained 1950s. All reversed and shot up as the welfare state, and the social vision behind the welfare state, took over in the 1960s. That vision featured non-judgmental rewards and non-judgmental leniency toward counterproductive behavior, whether crime or irresponsible sex and its consequences. But relieving people from the responsibilities and challenges of life is doing them no favor. Nor is it a favor to society at large. American society has become more polarized under the welfare state vision. Nor is it hard to see why. If we are all 'entitled' to benefits, just by being present, why are some entitled to so little while others have so much?"

[Rattler]

I'd also like to note, our welfare state policies are enticing illegal immigrants to enter our country illegally.  The lure of all the "free" stuff is too much to resist.

 

[The_Field_Ager]

I'd also like to note, our welfare state policies are enticing illegal immigrants to enter our country illegally.  The lure of all the "free" stuff is too much to resist.

 

This same lure is destroying Europe. Sweden, Paris and other EU destinations were a fairy tale land 30+ years ago. They are now Islamified abominable hell-holes.

[Rattler]

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