Millions of Europeans Require Red Cross Food Aid

Spiegel.de ^

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Nothing given for the ‘’greater good’’ in a socialist society is ever ‘’voluntary’’.

That's the truth.. and a nice way of pointing out the coercion endemic to liberals.

[hinckley buzzard]

Is it possible that doing good; aid, unemployment, etc. allow politicians to avoid making the hard decisions?

At the beginning of the 20th century this was almost precisely the argument used by "progressives" to undermine private charity, which had functioned well in this country for generations. They opposed private charity because "it let the government off the hook." In other words the operating assumption was/is that it is government's responsibility to feed and water everyone who falls on hard times. Bad idea. Very bad.

The way to get politicians to make hard decisions is by voting in responsible people. Of course, by this late date the electorate has become sufficiently depraved that that is unlikely to happen.