I do not know what I want to be, I thought recently that working in a think tank would put me in an adequate position to protect the vulnerable as I was inspired by this video:
cbpp.org/video.htm
I also admire the work of the Economic Policy Institute and the Brookings Institution too. Maybe my love for the managerial state is based on my faith in left-wing think tanks.
I would say that this may be correct. An example of this is research on the topics of what these left wing think tanks do…not just what they say. this could belong on another tank, but I believe it important to be said right now. Many people…I won’t speak names…say that they are for civil rights, and for pulling people in the African American community out of the “ghetto”. But if you truly listen to what they say behind the charisma with which they speak, you can realize that what they say is WRONG!!! That it takes a community full of intelligent and bright individuals that are capable of going extremely far in their lives to be whatever they want to be, and it pulls them into mode of thought that takes that ambition away. It makes them feel like victims who can not pull themselves out of the cycle of poverty. It makes them believe that there needs to be more government programs, that the government needs to pour out more money to them.
Yet, what has this done for the poor inner city people of America? It has kept them dependent on government programs who penalize their efforts to rise above poverty. It keeps them unemployed, becuase they are denied most benefits if they make more than $250 per month. When you are sick, or when your children are hungry, or when you are in need of the shelter that the government is providing for you at the moment, and the government tells you that if you get a job making $250 per month you will lose all of that, you weigh everything, and you refuse to get a job. After all, your children are hungry, need shelter and you have medical problems that you need taken care of. And you won’t be able to find a good job immediatly to pay for all of those things, so you need help. Only, with a job, even one that won’t pay enough to cover all of your bills, you will lose all benefits.
The politicians and activists say that they care about the poor, inner city people. But they do nothing to fix the department of education. The one thing that they have done is lower the standards for these kids, so that the kids feel better about themselves. But what does lowering the standards do for these kids in reality? It sends them into the world totally unprepared to get gainful employment, because they cannot even speak or write well.
Bill Cosby is a good person to listen to when he talks to inner city kids. He tells them to go to school, learn all they can…and use resources to learn even more than they teach in school. He tells them to make good choices so that they will not fall into dependence (by getting pregnant as a teenager), or into addictions. Stay out of trouble. He tells them to create goals for themselves, and then map out what has to be done in order to reach those goals. And he tells them to do those things. He tells them essentially to forget that they are black men, and see themselves as MEN. The color of a persons skin should not stop him from reaching his high goals. He tells them to take responsibility of their lives, and stop depending on the government to take care of them.
He gives them hope, because he believes in them.
The liberal activists hate Bill Cosby. The reason is that they need poor inner city people to stay dependent on the government, because if they succeed in life, the activists will stop getting rich on their poverty. If they succeed, there will be no more need for the activists. It is a matter of job security for themselves…on the backs of their followers.
My point is, do the research. You have to look farther than what they are saying. Look at what they are doing, and then look with a magnifying glass at what the outcome of their actions are. Jesus talks about knowing a tree from its fruit. It applies in this as well.
I believe that the Church should take care of social problems in the world. For the Church doesn’t have anything to gain or lose by making people well in mind, body and soul. They are just wanting to lead people to Christ, and treat all people with the dignity of life.
I am rambling on again. Maybe someone else can do a better job than myself, as I tend to ramble.
May Christ Jesus bless you, Ribozym, with an awareness of TRUTH and discernment. You are still in my prayers.
