lol googlingâŚâNight of the Lepusâ
Actually, if you watch it, the greatest danger is that you might die laughing.
Fluffy bunnies become giant, carnivorous, rampaging murderous beasties.
Back to the conservative/liberal issue - Iâll hone in for a moment on social programs paid for by taxpayers that function (the programs, that is) to consolidate or coordinate charitable help to the needy in some way. In ways that in previous times in society was more the venue of the church.
Iâve been pondering this for some time, as I receive assistance myself. I think the problem that government agencies began to be created to address is that they can be wider in scope and - in theory - reach underserved areas with more efficiency. If there is only a poor church charity in some place, the poor in that place might not be able to be helped, whereas if there were public assistance they can be.
And as one of my definitely conservative friends points out, once you have a bureaucracy in place itâs harder to get rid of it or change it.
I worry about the business of âtaking the kingâs silverâ or âhe who pays the piper calls the tune.â
But on the other side of it, most rich people Iâve seen seem to not see the daily struggles of the poor. I tried three times before I finally filed for disability to go through the state vocational rehabilitation program. (Not to mention having 50 jobs in 30 years - getting back up on the horse, albeit with some gaps when my depression and anxiety were making me extremely reluctant to re-enter the fray.)
Vocational rehabilitation didnât know what to do with me because my issues werenât physical illnesses. I skewed test results that asked me to check any job on a list I would want to do - because I could think of a way each would trigger my phobias or post-traumatic issues, or require âmulti-tasking in a fast paced environmentâ that my ADD would shut down my brain with. So basically I had a long list of mostly ânoâsâ and I felt embarrassed and defeated by that. Long story, this is only a little vignette thereof.
So here I am, with the intelligence to do a lot, but emotionally and executive brain functionally out of the race. Trying to squeak by on SSDI and a teensy amount of food stamps. Iâm not saying Iâve given up. My hope is that maybe this is just a way station along my journey and that God has better in store for me.
The point as it relates to the topic of this thread is that if it werenât for the government social programs, Iâd be in a world of hurt, and yet I can certainly see the drawbacks. Yet I donât see a lot of rich people helping the poor or even knowing what a day spent going around to various agencies trying to get help would be like, or having to juggle bills or refrain from driving some days so as not to burn up all oneâs gasoline, or as a âworking poorâ friend of mine does, leave her car unfixed and ride the bus which doesnât have evening or Sunday routes.
In short, I see a lot of well-fixed, financially conservatives with an unsympathetic attitude. And I see liberals of various economic levels but with the social engineering attitude of wanting to encourage birth control, abortion, and acceptance of âgay marriageâ or else theyâll sic the thought police (and hefty monetary fines in some cases) on anyone who dares voice an objection to their agenda.
Stereotypes? Maybe.
Iâm sure there are exceptions. But I do see the stereotypes in action on both sides, and I know the harm they can do.
I feel like a lone voice crying in the wilderness:
âThink outside the boxes, people!â :banghead:
