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Even FDR acknowledged " that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit."To believe the government is doing it or should do it is a fantasy.The overall tenor of your previous post is that Republicans are unwilling to help the disadvantaged. My point was that if you truly feel the disadvantaged need help what is stopping you from doing it? Are you waiting for the government to do it for you?
Or are the disadvantaged just people you use to unjustly criticize others.
Pardon the error. I help the poor in my way, but I also know the numbers. Take food for example! All of the private charities together provide about $5 billion in food aid to America's poor. The government bill is about $100 billion, and half of the recipients are children. To say that the private sector - that is, the churches - can solve this problem is a fantasy.
To believe that it will get done by any way other than government is a fantasy. So you either make the government system work or, in the case of food assistance, your country pays for its neglect in higher health care costs. Take your pick!
There is a better way. It is called subsidiarity.
About "To dole out relief in this way", it all depends on the "way" in which it is handled. You need to read on the "Mincome Experiment" done in Canada in the 1970s. Aside from lowering hospital cost by 8.5%, they found that children did better in school, crime decreased, and domestic violence went down.
Why wasn't it implemented in Canada?