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When the baby is Rosemary’s baby, we throw the baby out with the bath water. Government schools are failures and judicial activism takes away our freedom.
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Because they don’t respect subsidiarity. Many welfare programs try to take the place of a loving father, charging a ton of money also. We’ve spent over 16 trillion on the War on Poverty since 1964, and as a result there are just as many, if not more people in poverty than before that. African American poverty rates have shot up since then. If the government is going to issue an antipoverty program it should be carried out at the most local level possible, and even through private groups and churches. The only government program that I would argue is successful is social security, but even that is having its problems now because everyone collects social security. The purpose of social insurance is to keep lower income earners out of poverty when they can’t/aren’t working, not to hand out money to everyone causing America to be in a financial crisis.
Sorry if you don’t like my rant.
Sorry if you don’t like my rant.
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hannajomar
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I’ve heard many people say that welfare programs subsidize failure. Anne Coulter received lots of criticism when she said that welfare encourages the breakdown of families because it subsidizes single-motherhood. And when you subsidize something, you will get more of it.
Also, many government programs, such as public schools, remove healthy competition which is a natural way to facilitate success.
Also, many government programs, such as public schools, remove healthy competition which is a natural way to facilitate success.
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That was no “war on poverty,” that was LBJ’s determination to make black Americans into slaves to the Democrat Party. He said as much behind closed doors.Because they don’t respect subsidiarity. Many welfare programs try to take the place of a loving father, charging a ton of money also. We’ve spent over 16 trillion on the War on Poverty since 1964, and as a result there are just as many, if not more people in poverty than before that. African American poverty rates have shot up since then. If the government is going to issue an antipoverty program it should be carried out at the most local level possible, and even through private groups and churches. The only government program that I would argue is successful is social security, but even that is having its problems now because everyone collects social security. The purpose of social insurance is to keep lower income earners out of poverty when they can’t/aren’t working, not to hand out money to everyone causing America to be in a financial crisis.
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sedonaman
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I remember when “Light Bulb” Johnson was pushing his poverty program, some reporter found an impoverished black family living in a shack on his ranch where they worked. They were tantamount to slaves. Light Bulb’s response? He had a bunch of his old suits sent to them.
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I think this is about right. One thing I’ve noticed is that the less religious a person is the more government programs they want. It’s not a substitute for dad, but for God. It’s the end result of putting the government over the church. Rather than people turning to God, they turn to Government for whatever they cannot get for themselves. If they can’t afford a house, they don’t go to a Christian Charity, they go to the welfare office. If they need food, they don’t go to Christian food banks, they go to the WIC office. The Bible says that we should train our kids, and we should study to show ourselves approved, but we’d rather pawn our kids off on the government to raise. Governmentolatry.Because they don’t respect subsidiarity. Many welfare programs try to take the place of a loving father, charging a ton of money also. We’ve spent over 16 trillion on the War on Poverty since 1964, and as a result there are just as many, if not more people in poverty than before that. African American poverty rates have shot up since then. If the government is going to issue an antipoverty program it should be carried out at the most local level possible, and even through private groups and churches. The only government program that I would argue is successful is social security, but even that is having its problems now because everyone collects social security. The purpose of social insurance is to keep lower income earners out of poverty when they can’t/aren’t working, not to hand out money to everyone causing America to be in a financial crisis.
Sorry if you don’t like my rant.
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The government is an incompetent administrator.
Monopolies come from the government. When you have a monopoly, prices go up and service goes down.
Monopolies come from the government. When you have a monopoly, prices go up and service goes down.
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Social Security was solvent until Nixon got a hold of it.
He borrowed from the fund to in order to continue funding Vietnam…
He borrowed from the fund to in order to continue funding Vietnam…
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I am always amused when politicians say that they are going to “save” Social Security. If you are 45 years old, you will receive a 2% return on Social Security. If you are a 90 year old retiree, you are receiving a 20% return on Social Security. Social Security is just another Ponzi scheme. ** Ponzi schemes are illegal unless the government is running one!**
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sedonaman
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Pssst. Guess what. The law requires that the government borrow excess SS funds. It has been doing it since the beginning.
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Perfection is the enemy of good enough. There will always be a need for government. The real question is what is the function of government? What is our objective, equality of outcome or equal opportunity? Do you want the assumptions of Adam Smith and the founding fathers, or the assumptions of Marx, Paul Samuelson and the socialists?
**Let us face it. Rules and laws do not work. Even the SEC agrees with me on that point. **
My favorite law is the law of unintended consequences. I believe in plan A, B, C, etc. I always had a planed route when I was an outside salesman, but I was quick to change when I had to.
I, like many other entrepreneurs, hate stupidity. I have no patience for stupidity in organizations. We entrepreneurs are movers and shakers. Rules and laws are guides in the planning process. When our rules do not lead to our goals, we are quick to abandon the rules. I detest organizations that worship rules and laws. (It’s the law!) These organizations have no common sense. These organizations lose my respect. Additionally, an unjust law is no law at all.
I purposely differentiate between people and organizations. It is my belief that everyone has common sense. Not everyone’s elevator goes to the top floor. I work with some of these people, and I admire them because they give 100%. Public universities are another matter. I classify these institutions of higher learning as stupid (ineffective and inefficient) organizations. It is my belief that no one can improve a stupid organization if there is no incentive for improvement. There is nothing more stupid than enforcing rules and laws that are unworkable.
Language is imprecise. Therefore, many laws are an effort to limit and restrict more than one variable. Extremely long sentences are the end-result! Tax Court judges also have to read the incomprehensible. Research shows that the Tax Court could not discern the intent of Congress in one-third of the cases reaching them. The Tax Court judges did not rewrite the law, however, even when the statues were unworkable. Their attitude was that the statue always comes first (Kirkpatrick and Pollard).
I only know of ten laws that are written in stone, the Ten Commandments. However, we may have as many as 200,000 laws to interpret the Ten Commandments. I would say that the planning process is out of control. When the baby is Rosemary’s baby, I am in favor of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
**Let us face it. Rules and laws do not work. Even the SEC agrees with me on that point. **
My favorite law is the law of unintended consequences. I believe in plan A, B, C, etc. I always had a planed route when I was an outside salesman, but I was quick to change when I had to.
I, like many other entrepreneurs, hate stupidity. I have no patience for stupidity in organizations. We entrepreneurs are movers and shakers. Rules and laws are guides in the planning process. When our rules do not lead to our goals, we are quick to abandon the rules. I detest organizations that worship rules and laws. (It’s the law!) These organizations have no common sense. These organizations lose my respect. Additionally, an unjust law is no law at all.
I purposely differentiate between people and organizations. It is my belief that everyone has common sense. Not everyone’s elevator goes to the top floor. I work with some of these people, and I admire them because they give 100%. Public universities are another matter. I classify these institutions of higher learning as stupid (ineffective and inefficient) organizations. It is my belief that no one can improve a stupid organization if there is no incentive for improvement. There is nothing more stupid than enforcing rules and laws that are unworkable.
Language is imprecise. Therefore, many laws are an effort to limit and restrict more than one variable. Extremely long sentences are the end-result! Tax Court judges also have to read the incomprehensible. Research shows that the Tax Court could not discern the intent of Congress in one-third of the cases reaching them. The Tax Court judges did not rewrite the law, however, even when the statues were unworkable. Their attitude was that the statue always comes first (Kirkpatrick and Pollard).
I only know of ten laws that are written in stone, the Ten Commandments. However, we may have as many as 200,000 laws to interpret the Ten Commandments. I would say that the planning process is out of control. When the baby is Rosemary’s baby, I am in favor of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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Swiss_Guy
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Hmmm… So the USCCB is for a ponzi scheme, and has been since 1919, and the Vatican thinks it is unjust to not fund this ponzi scheme? scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2436.htm
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How about the Catholic Church? The easiest way to prove that so many government programs fail is because a Welfare State has been condemned by the Catholic Church–it disrespects subsidiarity, and tries to replace the Church as the provider of a safety net.
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sedonaman
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I thought for the U.S. that this was decided in 1789 with the adoption of the Constitution. Education is supposed to teach this and why we went with the former instead of the latter. Unfortunately, “that sect of men who, under various and almost barbarous names, are called socialists, communists, or nihilists, and who, spread over all the world, and bound together by the closest ties in a wicked confederacy,”* have captured our education institution and are preaching the latter. It is they whom we have been unable to rid ourselves.
*QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS (On Socialism) by Pope Leo XIII
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Somehow I don’t think the issue has anything to do with government workers, politicians, bureaucrats, etc. wanting more money. I think slapping GREED onto problems is a half-willed attempt at pointing fingers.
I think the real reason government programs fail is simply because they are contrary to the Catholic principle of Subsidiarity. You are asking people, who are lightyears removed from any given situation they deal with, to solve problems involving groups, organizations, industries, etc, with which they have never themselves been exposed to!
If you have back problems, who would you rather see? Assuming two doctors have equal medical knowledge, would you rather see a doctor that personally knows you, who you’ve seen your entire life, who knows your entire medical history? Or a doctor who sees 65 patients a day from all over the state, has no idea who in the world you are, no idea what kind of history you have, and spends the entire visit paging through a catalog of possible medical explanations without even once making eye contact with you?
This is the difference between local problem solving (subsidarity) and government bureaucracy. To successfully solve problems, they must be addressed by the most local and immediate body possible. And THIS is why government programs fail, because they lack subsidiarity.
I think the real reason government programs fail is simply because they are contrary to the Catholic principle of Subsidiarity. You are asking people, who are lightyears removed from any given situation they deal with, to solve problems involving groups, organizations, industries, etc, with which they have never themselves been exposed to!
If you have back problems, who would you rather see? Assuming two doctors have equal medical knowledge, would you rather see a doctor that personally knows you, who you’ve seen your entire life, who knows your entire medical history? Or a doctor who sees 65 patients a day from all over the state, has no idea who in the world you are, no idea what kind of history you have, and spends the entire visit paging through a catalog of possible medical explanations without even once making eye contact with you?
This is the difference between local problem solving (subsidarity) and government bureaucracy. To successfully solve problems, they must be addressed by the most local and immediate body possible. And THIS is why government programs fail, because they lack subsidiarity.
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You guys have all made some very valid points. Perhaps you can see Satan’s hand in all of this. Perhaps you can also see that reason comes from God, not from a socialist government that wants to build a world without God.
Knowledge and reason are two different things. The world has gained a lot of knowledge, but it has lost wisdom, which only comes from God. Common sense, discernment and wisdom are the first things to go out of the window when we do not obey God.
Mary says that we can do nothing against evil. However, if we join with Jesus, we can heal the world. Pray for Mary’s Peace Plan!
Knowledge and reason are two different things. The world has gained a lot of knowledge, but it has lost wisdom, which only comes from God. Common sense, discernment and wisdom are the first things to go out of the window when we do not obey God.
Mary says that we can do nothing against evil. However, if we join with Jesus, we can heal the world. Pray for Mary’s Peace Plan!
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