I absolutely believe that government charity has a huge detrimental effect on society. We need churches, neighborhood groups and benevolent societies to organize free citizens and provide real outreach and charity. The central role played by government bureaucrats today just convinces most people that they don’t need to care — It’s under control, right?
http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/fr32/speeches/su35fdr.htm
Funny how they omitted this FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) quote from the media:
Approximate 26th Paragraph of his speech
{FDR stands for Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 32nd POTUS, cousin of the real President Roosevelt, Theodore (Teddy) 26th POTUS.}
“The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole our relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America. Work must be found for able-bodied but destitute workers.
The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief.”
For those who may not know, the word "relief" as used above, would be replaced today 2016-7, with the word "welfare."
The church abdicated her responsibility and has conspired with the government to force “charity” through coercion. Abandoning all religious ideology is a small price to pay for a steady flow of money. Churches sold their flocks willingly for 501C3 status. If you read the law, it has nothing to do with tax exempt status, and everything with protecting church officials.
The idea of separating church and state was never intended to protect the state. Churches are just as susceptible to corruption as any entity run by men.
True, plus charities usually require responsibility from the recipient, at least eventually. With government welfare, you have three, four generations of families on the dole.